Call Me Esteban, Lejla Kalamujic
Call Me Esteban, Lejla Kalamujic
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Call Me Esteban

Author: Lejla Kalamujic

Narrator: Vesna Maric

Unabridged: 2 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/20/2022


Synopsis

With unapologetic vividness, Lejla Kalamujić depicts pre- and post-war Sarajevo by charting a daughter coping with losing her mother, but discovering herself. From imagined conversations with Franz Kafka to cozy apartments, psychiatric wards, and cemeteries, Call Me Esteban is a piercing meditation on a woman grasping at memories in the name of claiming her identity.“Stylish and brisk, these stories refuse to wallow in tragedy, becoming instead a convincing testament to the consolations of art.” —Publishers Weekly starred review"There’s an immediacy to Lejla Kalamujić’s writing in Call Me Esteban, a haunting portrayal of what it means to live in a society that’s been fragmenting for the vast majority of one’s life. The staccato prose and rapid-fire sentences on display help to further those ideas, as well as giving a sense of the narrator’s anxiety—an experience that takes this book even further into a haunting space." — Tobias Carroll, Words Without Borders"Playful yet piercing, these linked stories weave queer identity with the bitter aftertaste of the Balkan wars... Kalamujić takes autofiction to the next level." —Hamilton Cain, Oprah DailyLejla Kalamujic is an award-winning queer writer from Bosnia and Herzegovina.Jennifer Zoble translates Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian and Spanish language literature. She is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies program at NYU.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Đorđe on January 10, 2022

Au, kakva knjiga. Oduševljen.......more

Goodreads review by Vanja on July 24, 2022

Uh! Divno napisano. Emocije koje je u meni izazvala ova zbirka priča/roman ću morati oćutati u intimi svoje sobe. I to je sve što mogu u ovom trenutku reći. Dira upravo tamo gdje najviše boli.......more

Goodreads review by Judy on February 22, 2022

I heard this author interviewed on the Otherppl podcast. I was so moved by her talk that I immediately ordered the book. Through autobiographical vignettes she tells of her life. Her mother died when Lejla was two years old and she had no memories of her. She grew up with her two sets of grandparent......more

Goodreads review by 5rovsvet on October 15, 2021

[URL not allowed]-me-este.........more

Goodreads review by Anja on December 17, 2024

2.5/5 Osecam se lose jer prva ovoj knjizi dajem 2 zvezdice, ali moram reci da je ovo skroz objektivna ocena i da mi se Lejlina zbirka Pozuri i izmisli grad MNOGO vise svidela. Ja zaista ne volim romane iz delova, a po mom misljenju ovo je to, a ne zbirka prica jer su sve price povezane. Iako su neke b......more