{"product_id":"water-spiderweb-paperback","title":"Water, Spiderweb - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNada Gasic\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEllen Elias-Bursac\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 1964 Sava River flood sets in motion this literary thriller and then sweeps away everything before it. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With \u003ci\u003eWater, Spiderweb \u003c\/i\u003eNada Gasic cements her reputation as both a spellbinding author and a remarkable chronicler of the city she calls home: Zagreb, Croatia. An eccentric cast of marginalized characters, from a mentally ill man who channels the Virgin Mary to three sisters cast from a disfigured version of the Cinderella fairy tale, this novel is not so much about crimes committed but rather the questions around why these crimes are committed, on an individual level and on a societal level. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In piecing together the clues that may or may not answer these questions, Gasic makes clear that we are the ones responsible for the circumstances that yield the deaths of the innocent.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a prominent career as an editor, at the age of 57, \u003cb\u003e Nada Gasic\u003c\/b\u003e published her first novel, \u003ci\u003eMirna ulica, drvored, \u003c\/i\u003e for which she was awarded the Slavic Prize for best debut novel, and in 2010 she published the novel\u003ci\u003e Voda, Paucina\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eWater, Spiderweb\u003c\/i\u003e), which was awarded the City of Zagreb Prize and the Vladimir Nazor Prize. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEllen Elias-Bursac \u003c\/b\u003ehas been translating novels and nonfiction by Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian writers since the 1980s, including Dasa Drndic, Dubravka Ugresic, Ivana Bodrozic, and Robert Perisic. Her translation of David Albahari's novel\u003ci\u003e Götz and Meyer\u003c\/i\u003e won the National Translation Award, given by the American Literary Translators Association, in 2006. A past president of the American Literary Translators Association, she has taught at the Harvard Slavic Department and Tufts University, and spent over six years at the ex-Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague as a translator.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 520\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47261035987193,"sku":"9789533515199","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ozbNsBt-bP9789533515199.webp?v=1768792976","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/water-spiderweb-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}