{"product_id":"adios-cowboy-paperback","title":"Adios, Cowboy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOlja Savicevic\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCelia Hawkesworth\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gritty, breakneck debut novel by a popular Croatian writer of the country's ?lost generation.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDada's life is at a standstill in Zagreb?she's sleeping with a married man, working a dead-end job, and even the parties have started to feel exhausting. So when her sister calls her back home to help with their aging mother, she doesn't hesitate to leave the city behind. But she arrives to find her mother hoarding pills, her sister chain-smoking, her long-dead father's shoes still lined up on the steps, and the cowboy posters of her younger brother Daniel (who threw himself under a train four years ago) still on the walls. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHoping to free her family from the grip of the past, Dada vows to unravel the mystery of Daniel's final days. This American debut by a poet from Croatia's ?lost generation\" explores a beautiful Mediterranean town's darkest alleys: the bars where secrets can be bought, the rooms where bodies can be sold, the plains and streets and houses where blood is shed. By the end of the long summer, the lies, lust, feuds, and frustration will come to a violent and hallucinatory head.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOlja Savicevic\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, writer, and journalist from Split, Croatia. Her first collection of poetry was published when she was only fourteen, and since then she has published six collections of poems, a short story collection, and a novel. She is the recipient of numerous awards, and her writing has been translated into over seventeen languages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCelia Hawkesworth\u003c\/b\u003e taught Serbian and Croatian at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College, London, 1971?2002. She has published numerous articles and several books on Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian literature. Her translation of Dubravka Ugresicc \u003ci\u003eThe Museum of Unconditional Surrender\u003c\/i\u003e was short-listed for the Weidenfeld Prize for Literary Translation, and \u003ci\u003eThe Culture of Lies\u003c\/i\u003e won the Heldt Prize for Translation in 1999. She lives in London.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68416821756125,"sku":"9781940450490","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/KJVK3RBbhH9781940450490.webp?v=1793760433","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/adios-cowboy-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}