Catch the Rabbit

A moving story about loss, forgetting and female friendship: two women on a road trip across Bosnia head towards a lost brother and a collision with the lies they've told themselves about where they're from.

About the author

Lana Bastašic is a Yugoslav-born writer who lives and works in Belgrade. She has published two collections of short stories and one of poetry. Catch the Rabbit, her first novel, was published in 2018 in Belgrade and was shortlisted for the NIN Award. Her short stories have been included in major regional anthologies and have won numerous awards throughout the former Yugoslavia. She was awarded the European Union Prize for Literature for Catch the Rabbit in 2020.

Summary

A moving story about loss, forgetting and female friendship: two women on a road trip across Bosnia head towards a lost brother and a collision with the lies they've told themselves about where they're from.

Foreword

A moving story about loss, forgetting and female friendship: two women on a road trip across Bosnia head towards a lost brother and a collision with the lies they’ve told themselves about where they’re from.

Additional text

Stunning . . . built on themes of rediscovering the past, memories, women’s friendships, language, and identity. This unforgettable tour de force surprises at every turn.

Product details

• Authors: Basta'53, Lana Bastasic, Lana Bastašic, Lana ic
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9781529039603
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-3960-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 144 mm x 224 mm x 31 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Women, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Bosnia-Herzegovina, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Literary, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Cultural Heritage