Description
Nominated for the DUBLIN IMPAC PRIZE 2014 & the Science Fiction and Fantasy Translation Awards 2013, University of California, Riverside
About the Author
Bosnian author Selvedin Avdic's first book was a collection of short stories entitled Tenants and Other Phantoms, after which he produced a tourist guide to the historic Bosnian town of Jajca and a factual account of Zenica prison. His short stories have appeared in various anthologies and collections. Currently, he is the editor-in-chief of the online magazine Zurnal and edits his own radio show, Free Fight. Published to critical acclaim across the region, Seven Terrors is his first novel, his follow-up will be published by Istros in 2019.
Reviews
`'It's quite unlike anything I've read before, but it has all the consistency and force of something major and assured."; "It's a sideways look at the Bosnian war, with the divisions of the country mirrored in the divisions of life: between madness and sanity, the real world and the supernatural one, presence and absence, speech and silence.''; Nick Lezard in his Best Paperbacks 2014; "For all its wry humour and playfulness, this is a deeply serious exploration into the legacy of the Bosnian War, in which the fantastic elements are representative of an historical trauma too awful to describe directly." David Evans - The Independent; "...spine-chilling Gothic tale which involves mythological demons and rather hilarious observations about women's fashion magazines, alongside a terrifically compelling discourse on war, violence and humanity's dark heart." Ali Alizadeh, Sydney Review of Books
Book Information
ISBN 9781908236364
Author Selvedin Avdic
Format Paperback
Page Count 152
Imprint Istros Books
Publisher Istros Books