The Hotel Tito

UK Edition

TITLE: The Hotel Tito

CATEGORY: Novel

PUBLISHER: Seven Stories Press

NUMBER OF PAGES: 176

ISBN: 9781609809201

PUBLISHED : Oct 18, 2018

COUNTRY: UK

BINDING: Paperback

DIMENSIONS: 13.9 x 20.9 cm

TRANSLATED BY: Ellen Elias-Bursac


When the Croatian War of Independence breaks out in her hometown of Vukovar in the summer of 1991 the narrator of The Hotel Tito is nine years old, nestled within the embrace of family with her father, her mother, and older brother. She is sent to a seaside vacation to be far from the hostilities. Meanwhile, her father has disappeared while fighting with the Croatian forces. By the time she returns at summer’s end everything has changed. Against the backdrop of genocide (the Vukovar hospital massacre) and the devastation of middle class society within the Yugoslav Federation, our young narrator, now with her mother and brother refugees among a sea of refugees, spends the next six years experiencing her own self-discovery and transformation amid unfamiliar surroundings as a displaced person. As she grows from a nine-year old into a sparkling and wonderfully complicated fifteen-year-old, it is as a stranger in her own land.

Applauded as the finest work of fiction to appear about the Yugoslav Wars, Ivana Bodrožić’s The Hotel Tito is at its heart a story of a young girl’s coming of age, a reminder that even during times of war—especially during such times—the future rests with those who are the innocent victims and peaceful survivors.


What others say…

“The story of a child’s survival in inconceivable circumstances. This novel touched me to the core”

“Ivana Bodrožić’s Hotel Tito is powerful tale of human resilience. Dripping with authenticity. Heartbreaking, horrific, but ultimately redemptive. An instant classic. Not just an anti-war novel but a human novel. Wonderful writing and personal insight make Hotel Tito a unique kind masterpiece. A must-read testimony to the human spirit.”

“Wonderful, touching, and terrifying writing.”

 

“Powerful and moving.”


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