My cat Yugoslavia
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Cornwall Public Library - Adult Fiction | Statovci | On Shelf |
Nanuet Public Library - Adult Fiction | Statovci | On Shelf |
Suffern Free Library - Adult Fiction | Fic / STATOVCI | On Shelf |
Valley Cottage Free Library - Adult Fiction | STATOVCI | On Shelf |
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Published
New York, NY : Pantheon Books, c2017.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
255 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
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"Already an international sensation: a debut novel that tells 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 youngMuslim 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. But 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."-- Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Statovci, P., & Hackston, D. (2017). My cat Yugoslavia (1st American ed.). Pantheon Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Statovci, Pajtim, 1990- and David Hackston. 2017. My Cat Yugoslavia. Pantheon Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Statovci, Pajtim, 1990- and David Hackston. My Cat Yugoslavia Pantheon Books, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Statovci, Pajtim, and David Hackston. My Cat Yugoslavia 1st American ed., Pantheon Books, 2017.
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