NoSignal Area, Robert Perisic
NoSignal Area, Robert Perisic
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No-Signal Area
A Novel

Author: Robert Perisic, Ellen Elias-Bursac, Alex Hoyt

Narrator: Neil Shah

Unabridged: 14 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/07/2020


Synopsis

Witty and ambitious, No-Signal Area is a sprawling novel, smart and just cynical enough to frame and give an edge to the abiding nostalgia that is its real subject. A group of entrepreneurs brings roaring back to life a defunct turbine factory and the town around it, promising a return to the days of dignity, jobs and the good life and bright future that a manufacturing center can dispense to a small town. But is a return to the days of plenty possible? And what of the changed relationships between lovers, and within families, that have transpired in the years since that earlier time? Perišić takes us there, into the past and into the future, and watches with a bemused sad smile as the inevitable wreaks havoc with the possible. Robert Perišić's second novel to be translated into English is a cause for delight.

About Robert Perisic

Robert Perišić has published award-winning nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and criticism in his native Croatia. He began writing short stories in the 1990s with a clear anti-war sentiment, during the days following the devastating war that tore apart the former Yugoslavia, and is now considered to be one of the most important writers and literary critics in the region. When first published in 2008, Our Man in Iraq spent eight weeks at the top of Croatia's bestseller list and won the prestigious Jutarnji List award. He currently lives in Zagreb.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Petra Jovanović on January 15, 2024

Uuu. Sjajan je Perišić, SJAJAN!......more

Goodreads review by Marc on January 23, 2021

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Goodreads review by Željko on August 12, 2021

"Zastao je pogledavši publiku kao da se pita jesu li dostojni svega ovoga, pa im saspe: "Ovo je velika krvava priča o strasti, o strasti rada, o strasti ulaganja i rizika, o strasti opstanka i nade, ovo je priča o ljudima iz socijalizma i kapi talizma, priča o čudnom mjestašcu između Istoka i Zapada......more

Goodreads review by Maja on June 14, 2018

uhh ovo je premoćno... priča o investitorima koji dolaze u neki (bilo koji jugoslovenski) gradić i pokreću proizvodnju u nekadašnjoj fabrici turbina, animirajući bivše, nakon rata potpuno propale, radnike, i naravno s planom zajeba (treba napraviti samo dve turbine i prodati ih nekom dalekom Pukovni......more

Goodreads review by Dorotea on May 23, 2015

At first, I wasn't sure how the author will manage to combine all the characters and their stories in a concise and clear story-line. Because of his introduction of many characters, the beginning third of the novel felt haphazard and I was somewhat put-off from the novel. But it does get better. I e......more