Books

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How the soldier repairs the gramophone How the soldier repairs the gramophone Sasa Stanisic Fleeing the violence and destruction of his native Bosnia with his family for safety in Germany, Aleksandar Krsmanoviæ remains haunted by the past and his memories of Asija, the mysterious girl he ha… OL13476942W
Infidelities Infidelities Josip Novakovich Tragicomedy of the highest order, this stellar collection is Croatian writer Novakovich's best ever.Hailed as one of the best short story writers of the 1990s, Josip Novakovich was praised by the New… OL1826040W
The Transylvanian trilogy The Transylvanian trilogy Miklós Bánffy "The celebrated Transylvanian Trilogy by Count Miklós Bánffy is a stunning historical epic set in the lost world of the Hungarian aristocracy just before World War I. Written in the 1930s and first d… OL19985162W
The Pale House The Pale House Luke McCallin "As the Nazi war machine is pushed back across Europe, defeat has become inevitable. But there are those who seek to continue the fight beyond the battlefield. German intelligence officer Captain Gre… OL20044696W
People of the book People of the book Geraldine Brooks I didn't actually read this book, I listened to it as an Audio-Book, and I think I liked it better for the listening. Perhaps I would have got a little lost at times, trying to read through the twist… OL2011276W
Testimony Testimony Scott Turow Bill ten Boom has walked out on everything he thought was important to him: his career, his wife, Kindle County, even his country. Still, when he is tapped to examine the disappearance of an entire G… OL20822743W
The longest winter The longest winter Kevin Sullivan Terry is a British doctor on a mission to rescue a sick child in urgent need of life-saving surgery. Brad is an American journalist desperately trying to save his reputation following the disasters o… OL20865118W
Girl in the Film Girl in the Film Charlotte Eagar 1 v OL25647755W
The bridge over the Drina The bridge over the Drina Ivo Andrić A critically acclaimed novel, first published in 1945, describing historic and social events centring on a bridge across the River Drina at Visegrad in modern day Bosnia Herzegovina, originally built… OL258416W
Homecoming Homecoming Natasha Radojčić "When Halid, a Muslim "war hero," returns home to his small village following the Bosnian War, he finds that his own battles have just begun. Although his village was spared from heavy combat, it was… OL5731027W
The blood price The blood price Jon Evans Paul Wood and his girlfriend, Talena, were just tourists in Sarajevo, a city still reeling from the aftermath of civil war. But an unexpected encounter makes them a desperate woman's only hope of esc… OL5736697W
The Cellist of Sarajevo The Cellist of Sarajevo Steven Galloway This brilliant novel with universal resonance tells the story of three people trying to survive in a city rife with the extreme fear of desperate times, and of the sorrowing cellist who plays undaunt… OL6035401W