Knife
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- Author: Vuk Drašković
- Year: 28-08-2004
- Translator From Serbian: Lyudmila Mindova
- Availability: Out Of Stock
- Product Code: 45-01
- SKU: 14.0054
- ISBN: 954-321-052-7
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Kinfe (Noz), by Vuk Draskovic, created a furor when it was published in 1982, long before the beginning of the Balkan Wars of Succession. the novel was condemmed by the Communist Party and subsequently banned. It is the first of his novels to appear in English.
Alija Osmanovic, the protagonist of Knife, was orphaned during WWII as an infant. He was raised as a Bosnian Muslim and came to believe that the Serbs killed his family. When, as a young medical student, he goes in search of the identity of his murdered birth-parents, a sense of thwarted justice motivates him, and expresses itself as a burning passion for revenge. Alija seeks out Sikter Efendi, an eccentric and reclusive Muslim cleric, to help him interpret clues pointing to his identity. Through his mentorship, Alija discovers the truth: that his heritage is Serbian; that he was born not far away but in the neighboring village; and that his adoptive family was guilty of murdering his birth-family. A crisis of identity ensues. Each possible course of action open to him is bad. How is he to go on?
About the Author
Vuk Drašković
Tags: Historical Fiction, Modern Novels
| Specification | |
| Year | 28-08-2004 |
| Translator | From Serbian: Lyudmila Mindova |
| Pages | 380 |
| Size | 140/215 мм |
| Weight | 0.43 kg |
| Cover Type | Paperback |
| Genre | Historical Fiction, Modern Novels |
