Strangerland

OK, this totally took me by surprise. This is a true story which has been fictionalised as a debut novel, based on the authors, Monika Radojevic, parents. It's the early 1990's and Zivoin is a Yugoslavian immigrant in London. Yugoslavia is falling apart; the tensions are rising and there talk of civi......more

Monika Radojevic is a Brazilian-Montenegrin writer and poet whose debut novel Strangerland takes something from her heritage to craft an emotionally engaging and well-told story. Alegria and Zivoin are immigrants - she fro Brazil, he from Yugoslavia. It is the early 1990s and his homeland is being t......more

Since meeting the woman in the supermarket, Zivoin had felt that same curious feeling. A strange sort of impatience –a powerful instinctive recoil from the agony of waiting. He knew he had to speak to her again. After their meeting that day, he’d become convinced a fork in the road had opened up:......more

In ‘Strangerland’, Monika Radojevic tells the story of Alegria, a Brazilian who yearns for a better life. She comes to London and she meets Zivoin who is also an immigrant. Zivoin comes from Yugoslavia, and Radojevic depicts the world that immigrants live in when they come to a new country. The cons......more

What a great read. It turned up by pre order the other day and I'm halfway through. Its gripping and scary at some points as people are at the mercy of immigration officials and capitalism but still moving and funny. Really nice to read in hardback with a comfortable to read typeface, too. Grab it s......more