Cart
Free US shipping over $10
Proud to be B-Corp

Grandma Non-Oui Lidija Dimokovska

Grandma Non-Oui By Lidija Dimokovska

Grandma Non-Oui by Lidija Dimokovska


$17.59
Condition - New
<40 in stock

Grandma Non-Oui Summary

Grandma Non-Oui by Lidija Dimokovska

Grandma Non-Oui is a biographical novel that tells the life story of a woman from Split, Croatia. In her youth, Grandma Nedjeljkaor Non-Oui, as she goes by the nickname given to her by her French teacher (a literal French translation of the syllables of her nickname Ne-Da, Slavic for No-Yes)falls in love with an Italian soldier, Carlo, at the end of the second World War and later moves to Sicily to marry him. Written as an exchange between Grandma and Nedjeljka, her granddaughter and namesake, a conversation unfolds that encompasses a broad range of times and places between 1938 to 2016, moving back and forth temporally from past to present, and geographically between Castellammare del Golfo in Sicily and Split, Croatia. Their imagined conversations reveal the lives of these two different women and the deep cross-generational bond between them, as they discuss cross-cultural love, private life, and family, as well as the public sphere of war, politics, and migration.

About Lidija Dimokovska

LIDIJA DIMKOVSKA is a poet, novelist, essayist, and translator. She has published six books of poetry, three novels and an American diary. Her work has been translated into more than twenty languages and has earned her numerous literary awards, including the European Union Prize for Literature (2013). Her poetry in English translation includes Do Not Awaken Them With Hammers[23] (translated by Ljubica Arsovska and Peggy Reid, Ugly Duckling Press, NY, USA, 2006); pH Neutral History (translation by Ljubica Arsovska and Peggy Reid, Copper Canyon Press, USA, 2012, shortlisted for the Best Translated Book Award[24] 2013 ) and What Is It Like? (translation by Ljubica Arsovska, Patricia Marsh and Peggy Reid, Wrecking Ball, Hull, the UK, 2021, One of World Literature Today's 75 Notable Translations of 2022). Grandma Non-Oui, was shortlisted for the Macedonian Best Prose Book award and for the international literary award, Balkanika. CHrIStIna e. Kramer is a professor emerita of Slavic lan- guages and linguistics at the University of Toronto. Throughout her career, she has combined her love for languages, linguistics, and literature. She is the author of many articles on Balkan linguistics and a Macedonian grammar. Her translations from Macedonian have been awarded prizes, including support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Pen Translates, UK, Lois Roth Honorary Mention, and long-listed for Best Translation of the Year (USA). Her translations have also appeared in nu- merous journals, including Asymptote, Brooklyn Rail, Chicago Review, Modern Literature, M-Dash, The Punch Magazine, Tin House, Two Lines, Words without Borders, World Literature Today. A complete list of these works and links to many online excerpts and short translations can be accessed at www.christinakramertranslator.ca.

Additional information

NGR9781912545407
9781912545407
1912545403
Grandma Non-Oui by Lidija Dimokovska
New
Paperback
Istros Books
2024-09-01
210
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a new book - be the first to read this copy. With untouched pages and a perfect binding, your brand new copy is ready to be opened for the first time

Customer Reviews - Grandma Non-Oui