Books from Bosnia and Herzegovina
37 popular bosnian and herzegovinian books
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Generation haram : Warum Schule lernen muss, allen eine Stimme zu geben by Melisa Erkurt DE
Country: Europe / Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Description:
Jetzt sind die Verlierer dran mit Reden! Die Journalistin und Lehrerin Melisa Erkurt gibt denen eine Stimme, die im System Schule nicht gehört werden. Ein Perspektivenwechsel in der Bildungsdebatte
Melisa Erkurt ist als Kind mit ihren Eltern aus Bosnien nach Österreich gekommen. Sie hat studiert. Sie arbeitet als Lehrerin und Journalistin. Sie hat es geschafft. Doch sie ist eine Ausnahme. Denn am Ende eines Schuljahres entlässt sie die Klasse mit dem Wissen, dass die meisten ihrer Schülerinnen und Schüler nie ausreichend gut Deutsch sprechen werden, um ihr vorgezeic... continue
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Goodbye Sarajevo : A True Story of Courage, Love and Survival by Atka Reid, Hana Schofield EN
Country: Europe / Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Description:
A moving and compelling true story about two sisters fighting for survival in Sarajevo during the Bosnian war
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How The Soldier Repairs The Gramophone by Saša Stanišić EN
Country: Europe / Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Description:
“A brilliant debut novel” about a young Bosnian War refugee who finds the secret to survival in language and stories (Los Angeles Times). For Aleksandar Krsmanović, Grandpa Slavko’s stories endow life in Višegrad with a kaleidoscopic brilliance. Neighbors, friends, and family past and present take on a mythic quality; the River Drina courses through town like the pulse of life itself. So when his grandfather dies suddenly, Aleksandar promises to carry on the tradition. But then soldiers invade Višegrad—a town previously unconscious of racial and religious divides—and it’s no longer important t... continue
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La repetición by Ivica Đikić ES
Country: Europe / Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Description:
Djana Lovric viaja de Zagreb al monasterio de Rama-Scit (en Bosnia-Herzegovina), donde un monje anciano está terminando un libro que publicará la editorial en que trabaja Djana . Por una nevada imprevista, se encuentra atascada en Duvno (Tomislavgrad), a metros de la casa de la familia de Marko, su novio, y a quienes aún no conoce. Por teléfono Marko hace los arreglos para que su familia la reciba hasta que pase la tormenta.
Y en esa noche larga, la velada amable va dejando lugar a los secretos de la casa, y detrás de ellos a los secretos de un país q... continue
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Mars by Asja Bakić EN
Country: Europe / Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Description:
A debut story collection of darkly humorous, feminist speculative fiction from the former Eastern Bloc.
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My Heart : A Novel by Semezdin Mehmedinovic EN
Country: Europe / Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Description:
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "Intelligent, honest, and full of heart," My Heart is an intimate work of autobiographical fiction by one of ex-Yugoslavia's greatest writers about his family's experience as refugees from the Bosnian war—a timeless story of love, memory, and the resilience of the human spirit that "has all the qualities one might seek in a friend" (Etgar Keret, author of The Seven Goods Years). "Today, it seems, was the day I was meant to die." When a writer suffers a heart attack at the age of fifty, he must confront his mortality in a country that is not his nati... continue
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Nowhere Man : The Pronek Fantasies by Aleksandar Hemon EN
Country: Europe / Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Description:
The author of the celebrated debut, "The Question of Bruno, " returns with the engrossing and hilarious mind- and language-bending adventures of his endearing hero, Jozef Pronek.