Underground Barbie
Autor Maša Kolanovic Traducere de Ena Selimovicen Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 ian 2025
Maša Kolanović's Underground Barbie deftly captures the power of imagination to overcome hardship, offering a sharp critique of consumer culture amidst the ruins of a socialist experiment. Discover political campaigns defined by what it means to be a “real” Croatian, a refugee ball with “disgusting” dolls, and a mass grave of Ken’s mistresses. For readers of literary fiction, social satire, and war stories.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9789533515120
ISBN-10: 9533515120
Pagini: 184
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: SANDORF PASSAGE
Colecția Sandorf Passage
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 9533515120
Pagini: 184
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: SANDORF PASSAGE
Colecția Sandorf Passage
Locul publicării:United States
Recenzii
"A young girl survives the Croatian War of Independence while playing dolls with her friends in Kolanović’s unsettling English-language debut . . . Complementing the narrative are childlike line-drawings that are often disturbing in their naivete . . . the juxtaposition of child’s play and real-world violence is chilling. This is worth a look." —Publishers Weekly
"Charming, funny, and harrowing. Will appeal to readers of many ages, especially those who enjoy grim humor or remember the myriad adventures of their own Barbies." Starred review —Lydia Fletcher, Library Journal
"Underground Barbie bears witness to a turbulent childhood in transition—the wonder and terror of it all, sustained by imagination."—Junyi Zhou, Asymptote Journal
"Remarkable . . . this dark and funny novel of wartime childhood will continue to find its readers.” —The Guardian
"Here’s a Barbie I can get behind! Maša Kolanović's barbed tale of growing up during the Yugoslav wars of the 90s uses Barbie to play out the gendered cacophony of the nationalist purity wars. All symbolic objects are rebranded accordingly with a biting humor that limns Ugrešić."—Alina Stefanescu, poet, writer, translator
"Selimović has brilliantly rendered the wonder, the mix of naive innocence with worldly wisdom, in this fabulous translation. Underground Barbie uses an ingenious premise to communicate the horror and gravity of war."—Areeb Ahmad, Full-Stop
"No matter how far underground the trauma of growing up during a war gets buried, it will never go away. But the survivors still deserve a monument to their memories, and Kolanović’s novel provides a fitting one."—Cory Oldweiler, Words Without Borders
"Charming, funny, and harrowing. Will appeal to readers of many ages, especially those who enjoy grim humor or remember the myriad adventures of their own Barbies." Starred review —Lydia Fletcher, Library Journal
"Underground Barbie bears witness to a turbulent childhood in transition—the wonder and terror of it all, sustained by imagination."—Junyi Zhou, Asymptote Journal
"Remarkable . . . this dark and funny novel of wartime childhood will continue to find its readers.” —The Guardian
"Here’s a Barbie I can get behind! Maša Kolanović's barbed tale of growing up during the Yugoslav wars of the 90s uses Barbie to play out the gendered cacophony of the nationalist purity wars. All symbolic objects are rebranded accordingly with a biting humor that limns Ugrešić."—Alina Stefanescu, poet, writer, translator
"Selimović has brilliantly rendered the wonder, the mix of naive innocence with worldly wisdom, in this fabulous translation. Underground Barbie uses an ingenious premise to communicate the horror and gravity of war."—Areeb Ahmad, Full-Stop
"No matter how far underground the trauma of growing up during a war gets buried, it will never go away. But the survivors still deserve a monument to their memories, and Kolanović’s novel provides a fitting one."—Cory Oldweiler, Words Without Borders