Melinda Nadj Abonji
Autor/a de Fly Away, Pigeon
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Crèdit de la imatge: Schriftstellerin Melinda Nadj Abonji auf der Leipziger Buchmesse 2011. By Julian Nitzsche - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14657737
Obres de Melinda Nadj Abonji
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Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Abonji, Melinda Nadj
- Nom oficial
- Nagy Abonyi, Melinda
- Data de naixement
- 1968-06-22
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- Switzerland
- Lloc de naixement
- Bečej, SFR Jugoslawien
- Llocs de residència
- Küsnacht, Switzerland
Zürich, Switzerland - Premis i honors
- Deutscher Buchpreis 2010 [2010]
Schweizer Buchpreis 2010 [2010]
Literatur-Werkjahr der Stadt Zürich 2010
Membres
Ressenyes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 3
- També de
- 1
- Membres
- 168
- Popularitat
- #126,679
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 9
- ISBN
- 24
- Llengües
- 9
Ildíko tells her story in a stream of consciousness: Her old home in Vojvodina, and her wish that nothing will ever change there, and that her grandmother will always be there in her old house, a safe haven and anchor. There are those long-awaited visits home, full of bliss, but also of new disappointments when Ildíko and her sister learn that indeed they have changed, their perspective has changed, and they are seen in a different light now.
The parents' hopes when they come to Switzerland, disappointment and sorrow, feelings of guilt, fears because of the war. Above everything, there is the pressure to conform, to fit in, not to stand out - because it is the only way Ildíko's parents can see in order not to lose the only chance they have, the chance to build a life in this new country. But Ildíko and her sister slowly realize that it is not their way and that, like pigeons, they have to fly, to find their new identity in the in-between.
Chapter after chapter the reader gets more glimpses into Ildíko's everyday life, from one time of her life or the other: Parties and political discussions back in Vojvodina, the casual racism of the customers in the family's restaurant, conservations with her parents trying to make them understand her point of view, new freedoms, but also new conflicts. The stream of consciousness and many flash backs and time warps made it a bit hard to get into the narration at first, but after some time, I settled into it and appreciated the way the author tells this story: Directly, raw and emotional.
I feel like I cannot do this novel justice in my review, but I want to end with the statement that it will stay with me for a very long time.… (més)