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The
2012 Award |
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The Only Witness to Beauty by Miro Gavran Translated from the original Croatian by Nina H. Kay-Antoljak
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ABOUT
THE BOOK |
The Only Witness to Beauty is an intriguing love story that unfolds in an identifiable Zagreb setting, with short episodes set on the exotic island of Malta. The hero is a forty-year-old in love with a mysterious young woman. Unusually sensitive characters, torn by emotions that overwhelm them, try to bond the fragments of their innermost feelings. Toying with truth and lies, this novel also toys with various story-telling perspectives, offering the reader memorable enjoyment. (From Publisher). |
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ABOUT
THE AUTHOR |
| Miro Gavran is a contemporary Croatian author, born in 1961. His works have been translated into 32 languages, and his books have come out in 150 different editions at home and abroad. His dramas and comedies have had more than 200 theatre first nights around the world and have been seen by more than two million theatre-goers. He is the only living dramatist in Europe to have a theatre festival devoted solely to his plays outside his/her homeland; the Gavranfest has been held in Slovakia since 2003. He has been living in Zagreb, Croatia since he was twenty. He is married to the actress Mladena Gavran, and founded the GAVRAN Theatre with her in 2002. Their son Jakov is a student of acting. |
LIBRARIAN'S COMMENTS |
This is a very intriguing love story with elements of a thriller, taking place in various Croatian locations and exotic Malta. It is a novel of emotional loss, love, loneliness and literature. Literature is as important as life itself. The author said he wrote a novel to glorify the exceptional reader. Even if it were only one reader, The Only Witness to Beauty. The Only Witness to Beauty is a mixture of love story, thriller, reality and fantasy, the writer's complement to literature and to the reader. |
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