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Writing as An Act of Hope and The Politics of Exile
“I am building my career on the loss of a man named Stojan Sokolović, and on the loss of many millions of others, who may or may not...
Marina Lazetic
Aug 26, 2022


Stitching Memories
The Ministry of Pain is a meditation on getting lost in the streets of what once used to be your own hometown; on self-invention; on...
Marina Lazetic
Mar 19, 2019


Montenegro: the women behind the warriors
We were invited to dinner at an old French restaurant in Boston to meet with a group of Slavists who were in town for their annual...
Marina Lazetic
Jan 7, 2019


"You don’t need to experience something to remember it"
- How old were you in the war? - Oh, ok! Then you don’t remember much of it! A person who assumes what my memories might be is not worth...
Marina Lazetic
Dec 24, 2018

Mother Tongue
Mother Tongue cherishes language as the one home that can never be taken away from us. It portrays one family's struggle to protect and...
Marina Lazetic
Dec 18, 2018


Painting reality means surrendering to it
How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone is a beautiful chaos of characters, stories, lists, jokes, songs, and poems. The novel follows...
Marina Lazetic
Dec 13, 2018


Imagining the Balkans: Reading between the academic fluff
Imagining the Balkans is truly an iconic book, and one that should be read by anyone interested in the Balkans. However, I must say right...
Marina Lazetic
Dec 3, 2018


Twenty books about the Balkans
Hi and welcome! It is very exciting to be embarking on this journey through the Balkans via books! These are the first twenty books that...
Marina Lazetic
Nov 26, 2018
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