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Books by Dubravka Ugresic
  | | Fox(1st Edition) by Dubravka Ugresic, David Williams, Ellen Elias-Bursać Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2018 by Open Letter ISBN-13: 978-1-940953-76-2, ISBN: 1-940953-76-6 "A Best Book of 2018 at Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, and the New StatesmanFox is the story of literary footnotes and “minor” characters―unnoticed people propelled into timelessness through the biographies and novels of others. With Ugresic’s characteristic wit, Fox takes us from Russia to Japan, through Balkan minefields and American road trips, and from the 1920s to the present, as it explores the power of storytelling and literar ..." |
 | | American Fictionary by Dubravka Ugresic, Celia Hawkesworth, Ellen Elias-Bursać Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 2018 by Open Letter ISBN-13: 978-1-940953-84-7, ISBN: 1-940953-84-7 "In the midst of the Yugoslav wars of the early 1990s, Dubravka Ugresic—winner of the 2016 Neustadt International Prize for Literature—was invited to Middletown, Connecticut as a guest lecturer. A world away from the brutal sieges of Sarajevo and the nationalist rhetoric of Milošević, she instead has to cope with everyday life in America, where she's assaulted by "strong personalities," the cult of the body, endless amounts of jogging an ..." |
 | | Nobody's Home by Dubravka Ugresic, Ellen Elias-Bursac Hardcover, 297 Pages, Published 2008 by Open Letter Books ISBN-13: 978-1-934824-00-9, ISBN: 1-934824-00-3 ""Ugresic is sharp, funny and unafraid. . . . Orwell would approve."—Times Literary Supplement"Every day and age has its rules. Currently, good behavior dictates that we be politically correct, evade conflicts, espouse tolerance, and make no hasty judgments. To be judgmental is viewed as one of the most reprehensible human traits. People are likely to think today that an optimist is a good person, while a pessimist is the lowest of the l ..." |
 | | Europe in Sepia(Reprint) by Dubravka Ugresic, David Williams Paperback, 220 Pages, Published 2014 by Open Letter ISBN-13: 978-1-934824-89-4, ISBN: 1-934824-89-5 ""Ugresic is sharp, funny and unafraid. . . . Orwell would approve."—Times Literary SupplementHurtling between Weltschmerz and wit, drollness and diatribe, entropy and enchantment, it's the juxtaposition at the heart of Dubravka Ugresic's writings that saw Ruth Franklin dub her "the fantasy cultural studies professor you never had." In Europe in Sepia, Ugresic, ever the flâneur, wanders from the Midwest to Zuccotti Park, the Irish Aran I ..." |
 | | Karaoke Culture(1st Edition) by Dubravka Ugresic, David Williams, Celia Hawkesworth, Ellen Elias-Bursac, Contributor-Celia Hawkesworth Paperback, 324 Pages, Published 2011 by Open Letter ISBN-13: 978-1-934824-57-3, ISBN: 1-934824-57-7 "Finalist for the NBCC award for Criticism."Ugresic is sharp, funny and unafraid. . . . Orwell would approve."—Times Literary SupplementOver the past three decades, Dubravka Ugresic has established herself as one of Europe"s greatest—and most entertaining—thinkers and creators, and it's in her essays that Ugresic is at her sharpest. With laser focus, she pierces our pop culture, dissecting the absurdity of daily life with a wit and style ..." |
 | | The Ministry of Pain(Reprint) A Novel by Dubravka Ugresic, Michael Henry Heim Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2007 by Harper Perennial ISBN-13: 978-0-06-082585-0, ISBN: 0-06-082585-5 "Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub Date: 2007 Pages: 272 in Publisher: Harper Perennial Having fled the violent eakup of Yugoslavia. Tanja Lucic is now a professor of literature at the University of Amsterdam. Where she teaches a class filled with other young Yugoslav exiles. most of whom earn meager wages assembling leather and rubber S & M clothing at a sweatshop they call the Ministry. Abandoning literature. Tanja encourages her student ..." |
 | | Baba Yaga Laid an Egg by Dubravka Ugresic, Ellen Elias-Bursac Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2011 by Grove Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-4520-8, ISBN: 0-8021-4520-5 "According to Slavic myth, Baba Yaga is a witch who lives in a house built on chicken legs and kidnaps small children. In "Baba Yaga Laid an Egg," internationally acclaimed writer Dubravka Ugresic takes the timeless legend and spins it into a fresh and distinctly modern tale of femininity, aging, identity, and love. With barbed wisdom and razor-sharp wit, Ugresic weaves together the stories of four women in contemporary Eastern Europe: a ..." |
 | | The Ministry of Pain(1st Edition) by Dubravka Ugresic, Michael Henry Heim Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2006 by Ecco ISBN-13: 978-0-06-082584-3, ISBN: 0-06-082584-7 "The Ministry of Pain tells the story of Tanja Lucic, an exile from Yugoslavia and a lecturer in Serbo-Croatian literature at the University of Amsterdam. Her class is filled with other Yugoslav exiles, not much younger than she, who have found temporary refuge in the Department of Slavonic Languages. Rather than teach literature, Tanja prods the students to reconstruct their pasts by writing essays that indulge their "Yugonostalgia" and ..." |
 | | Baba Yaga Laid an Egg (Myths) by Dubravka Ugresic, Celia Hawkesworth, Ellen Elias-Bursac, Mark Thompson Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2010 by Canongate Books International Edition ISBN-13: 978-1-84767-306-0, ISBN: 1-84767-306-6 "Baba Yaga is an old hag who lives in a house built on chicken legs and kidnaps small children. She is one of the most pervasive and powerful creatures in all mythology. She appears in many forms: as Pupa, a tricksy, cantankerous old woman who keeps her legs tucked into a huge furry boot; as a trio of mischievous elderly women who embark on the trip of a lifetime to a hotel spa; and as a villainous flock of ravens, black hens and magpies ..." |
 | | Lend Me Your Character by Dubravka Ugresic, Celia Hawkesworth, Michael Henry Heim, Damion Searls, Dalkey Archive Press Paperback, 246 Pages, Published 2005 by Dalkey Archive Press ISBN-13: 978-1-56478-375-2, ISBN: 1-56478-375-8 ""Splendidly ambitious . . . A brilliant, enthralling spread of story-telling and high-velocity reflections. In her indignation and in her sorrow Ugresic speaks for many people, many experiences. She is a writer to follow. A writer to be cherished."—Susan SontagFrom the story of Steffie Cvek to "The Kharms Case," the pieces in Dubravka Ugresic's collection Lend Me Your Character are always smart and endlessly entertaining. The former sto ..." |
 | | Thank You for Not Reading(1st Edition) Essays on Literary Trivia by Dubravka Ugresic, Celia Hawkesworth, Damion Searles, Damion Searls, Dalkey Archive Press Paperback, 221 Pages, Published 2003 by Dalkey Archive Press ISBN-13: 978-1-56478-298-4, ISBN: 1-56478-298-0 ""A brilliant, enthralling spread of story-telling and high-velocity reflections . . . Ugresic is a writer to follow. A writer to be cherished."—Susan SontagIn this collection of acerbic essays, Ugresic dissects the nature of the contemporary book industry, which she argues is so infected with the need to create and promote literature that will appeal to the masses—literally to everyone—that if Thomas Mann were writing nowadays, his ..." |
 | | The Culture of Lies(98th Edition) Antipolitical Essays (Post-Communist Cultural Studies) by Dubravka Ugresic, Dubravka Ugreå¡Iä Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1998 by Penn State University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-271-01847-8, ISBN: 0-271-01847-X "The Culture of Lies is one of the most intelligent and lucid accounts of an appalling episode in history. It shows us the banality and brutality of nationalism and the way that nationalistic ideology permeates every pore of life. Ugrešić's acerbic and penetrating essays cover everything from politics to daily routine, from public to private life.With a diverse and unusual perspective, she writes about memory, soap operas, the destructio ..." |
 | | Baba Yaga Laid an Egg (Myths) by Dubravka Ugresic, Ellen Elias-Bursac, Celia Hawkesworth, Mark Thompson Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2010 by Canongate U.S. ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-1927-8, ISBN: 0-8021-1927-1 "According to Russian myth, Baba Yaga is a witch who lives in a house built on chicken legs and who kidnaps small children. In Baba Yaga Laid an Egg, internationally acclaimed writer Dubravka Ugresic takes the timeless legend and spins it into a fresh and distinctly modern tale of femininity, aging, identity, and love. With barbed wisdom and razor-sharp wit, Ugresic weaves together the stories of four women in contemporary Eastern Europe ..." |
 | | The Museum of Unconditional Surrender by Dubravka Ugresic, Celia Hawkesworth Hardcover, 238 Pages, Published 1999 by New Directions ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-1421-6, ISBN: 0-8112-1421-4 "This is a deeply East European novel in flavour reminiscent of Kundera and Borges. Through weaving together fragments, stories, and diaries Dubravka Ugresic, a prize-winning novelist in the former Yugoslavia, captures the world of a group of characters living in Berlin and Lisbon. Ugresic convincingly brings to life a world and characters preoccupied by questions of exile, nationalism, angels, parables, the Berlin zoo, the layers of mea ..." |
 | | The Culture Of Lies The Life Of Kenneth Tynan by Dubravka Ugresic Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1998 by W&N ISBN-13: 978-1-86159-104-3, ISBN: 1-86159-104-7 "The Culture of Lies was written as a reaction to the collapse of Yugoslavia and the unholy war in Croatia and Bosnia. This collection attacks and attempts to understand events in the former Yugoslavia." |
 | | Baba Yaga Laid an Egg by Dubravka Ugresic 337 Pages, Published 2011 by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-9763-4, ISBN: 0-8021-9763-9 "But then Filip began to obsess about what would become of the child if anything happened to him. And he would not rest until he had drawn up a will with David's help, according to which, in the event of his death, Beba would take over care of ..." |
 | | Baba Yaga Laid An Egg(1st Edition) by Dubravka Ugresic, Ellen Elias-Bursac, Celia Hawkesworth, Mark Thompson Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2009 by Canongate Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84767-066-3, ISBN: 1-84767-066-0 ""Baba Yaga Laid an Egg takes a traditional myth and spins it afresh. The result is an extraordinary meditation on femininity, aging, identity, secrets and love." -- taken from jacket front flap." |
 | | The Ministry of Pain A Novel by Dubravka Ugresic 272 Pages, Published 2009 by Harpercollins ISBN-13: 978-0-06-198609-3, ISBN: 0-06-198609-7 "Having fled the violent breakup of Yugoslavia, Tanja Lucic is now a professor of literature at the University of Amsterdam, where she teaches a class filled with other young Yugoslav exiles, most of whom earn meager wages assembling leather ..." |
 | | The Culture of Lies Antipolitical Essays by Dubravka Ugresic Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 1998 by W&N ISBN-13: 978-1-86159-102-9, ISBN: 1-86159-102-0 |
 | | In the Jaws of Life and Other Stories(1st Edition) (Writings from an Unbound Europe) by Dubravka Ugresic, Celia Hawkesworth, Michael Henry Heim, Andrew Baruch Wachtel Paperback, 252 Pages, Published 1993 by Northwestern University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8101-1100-4, ISBN: 0-8101-1100-4 "This is the first American publication of three works by one of Eastern Europe's most original and inventive writers. Dubravka Ugresic's In the Jaws of Life and Other Stories collects two short novels and a group of short stories grounded in fact and informed by fancy. The title novel, Steffie Speck in the Jaws of Life, charts the life of a typist for a lonely hearts column. Laid out like a sewing pattern, with instructions, diagrams, a ..." |
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