#‎RivetingReviews‬: DYGOT by Jakub Małecki

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Dygot, by Jakub Małecki, Published in Polish by Sine Qua Non, October 2015, Review by Anna Blasiak   Dygot (Tremor) is a miniature saga (just over 300 pages long) about two families from rural Poland. The Łabendowiczs and the Geldas are portrayed across three generations, starting just before the break of the Second World War and ending in contemporary times. Both families are …

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#RivetingReviews: QUIET FLOWS THE UNA by Faruk Šehić

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Quiet Flows the Una, by Faruk Šehić, Translated by Will Firth, Published by Istros Books (2016), Reviewed by Anna Blasiak   The title of Faruk Šehić’s novel is a reference to the Nobel Prize winner Mikhail Sholokhov’s And Quiet Flows the Don. Like the Sholokhov, Šehić’s book is about fratricide. However, it is completely different in mood, tone and language; this is not an epic story about …

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