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"A magnificent Chevrolet with a Swiss number plate appears in the streets of a town. In the car, there is the Cociș family, who come to northern Serbia to visit their relatives. However, even being nationals of the richest country in Europe and having their own business, they find it difficult to call Switzerland home... And when the war starts in the Balkans, the Cociș find themselves trapped in an unpredictable situation: what can they do for those who stay in the divided country? This autobiographical story is narrated by a daughter of immigrants, with all the passion of youth rebellion against the very existence of the choice between assimilation and preservation of the identity." Translated from German by Roksolyana Svyato
In Ukrainian. Type of the edition: hard cover
Format: 132x200 mm
Number of pages: 232
Publisher: KOMORA, Kyiv
Contents: - Titove lito - Rodyna Kochysh - Prykordonnyky, plakuchi verby - Slova, jak-ot - Nebesno - Svity - Juli - Dalibor - My - Real big - Mamika i Paputsi - Kokhannja. More. Rika - Ruky v povitri - Lystopad - Roksoljana Svyato. Zvil‘nennja romanom (pisljaslovo perekladacha)
Publisher: KOMORA
Catalogue number: ISBN 9786177286034
Year: 2015
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