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My Cat Yugoslavia
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My Cat Yugoslavia
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My Cat Yugoslavia
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My Cat Yugoslavia

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A love story set in two countries in two radically different moments in time, bringing together a young man, his mother, a boa constrictor, and one capricious cat.
 
In 1980s Yugoslavia, a young Muslim girl is married off to a man she hardly knows, but what was meant to be a happy match goes quickly wrong. Soon thereafter her country is torn apart by war and she and her family flee. Years later, her son, Bekim, grows up a social outcast in present-day Finland, not just an immigrant in a country suspicious of foreigners, but a gay man in an unaccepting society. Aside from casual hookups, his only friend is a boa constrictor whom, improbably-he is terrified of snakes-he lets roam his apartment. Then, during a visit to a gay bar, Bekim meets a talking cat who moves in with him and his snake. It is this witty, charming, manipulative creature who starts Bekim on a journey back to Kosovo to confront his demons and make sense of the magical, cruel, incredible history of his family. And it is this that, in turn, enables him finally, to open himself to true love-which he will find in the most unexpected place
LanguageEnglish
Release dateApr 18, 2017
ISBN9781524756925
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My Cat Yugoslavia
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Pajtim Statovci

Pajtim Statovci (b. 1990) is a Finnish-Kosovan novelist. He moved from Kosovo to Finland with his family when he was two years old. He is currently a Ph.D candidate at the University of Helsinki. His first novel, My Cat Yugoslavia, also published by Pushkin Press, won the prestigious Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize. Crossing won the Toisinkoinen Literature Prize in 2016 and, Statovci also won the 2018 Helsinki Writer of the Year Award.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Lots of mature themes. TW rape, domestic violence and suicide themes. The first chapter reads like erotica but don't stop there if you aren't into that!!

    The narrative deepens covering gender, sexual orientation,immigration and weaves it into a rich story with interesting and complex characters. I learned a lot about the title region and it's culture.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    As an immigrant woman, living in the Western Hemisphere, this story resonates deeply with me. Statovci is a brilliant story teller. He has missed achieving perfection only by a few strokes, but that’s alright. What he has written has moved me sufficiently. I cannot wait to read his next book.