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345 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2006








Gibt es irgendwo Geschichten, bin ich sofort irgendwo.Aleksandar grows up in the small Bosnian town of Višegrad. His greatest talent is inventing stories: He doesn't even think about sticking to the themes of his school essays; the harvest festivals at his great-grandparents' house are far too crazy, the rampages of cuckolded husbands far too gripping, and the confessions of the River Drina far too unbelievable. When the war breaks out with cruel force over Višegrad, the world as Aleksandar knew it cannot withstand the violence, and the family has to flee.
Ich wünschte mir manchmal, dass man mich “Alexander” schreibt und oft, dass man mich einfach in Ruhe lässt.In Germany, Aleksandar's love of storytelling proves vital: for it enables him to find his way around this strange foreign place and to tell himself a home. He was unable to conjure his grandfather back to life back then, but now he has a magic wand that actually works: his imagination brings back what was lost. When the adult Aleksandar returns to the town of his childhood, however, it remains to be seen whether his fabulations can stand up to the post-war reality of Bosnia.