It is a bit more challenging for the simple fact that now the stories I am writing are relying more on my imagination than on facts, more on research than on memory; so it is basically a slower writing process, more reading, more exploring. On the other hand, this approach is a little bit relieving too, since many times while writing [How the Soldieer Repairs the Gramophone] I felt too close and equal to my character.
FAQ regarding my book were not about my use of commas or how the images went berserk, but about the political situation in Bosnia, about guilt and sh… - Sasa Stanisic
FAQ regarding my book were not about my use of commas or how the images went berserk, but about the political situation in Bosnia, about guilt and sh…
- Sasa Stanisic
Given that the label "immigrant literature" is already established, unavoidable for anyone with a migrant background and used in any given context, I… - Sasa Stanisic
Given that the label "immigrant literature" is already established, unavoidable for anyone with a migrant background and used in any given context, I…
It just seemed to me so utterly wrong to credit someone's work just for the fact that this someone migrated from one place to another. We all move. W… - Sasa Stanisic
It just seemed to me so utterly wrong to credit someone's work just for the fact that this someone migrated from one place to another. We all move. W…
For example, an author whose parents fled a war but he himself was born in the country where they fled to, and that is where he went to school and co… - Sasa Stanisic
For example, an author whose parents fled a war but he himself was born in the country where they fled to, and that is where he went to school and co…
I just feel much more secure about whatever I write if I stand with one foot in reality - meaning if the stories I write about have a core of "this a… - Sasa Stanisic
I just feel much more secure about whatever I write if I stand with one foot in reality - meaning if the stories I write about have a core of "this a…
By changing the way I experienced things, even just involving different details than in reality, I often felt I was betraying the past and playing an… - Sasa Stanisic
By changing the way I experienced things, even just involving different details than in reality, I often felt I was betraying the past and playing an…
A book is not only written - after it's finished it starts writing you, the writer. You become its notebook, its sheet of paper on which it forces yo… - Sasa Stanisic
A book is not only written - after it's finished it starts writing you, the writer. You become its notebook, its sheet of paper on which it forces yo…
Europe is not becoming more unified - well, yes, on paper - but not as long as the criteria for so many things (import regulations, border control, v… - Sasa Stanisic
Europe is not becoming more unified - well, yes, on paper - but not as long as the criteria for so many things (import regulations, border control, v…
I also did a great amount of writing while doing research. It gave me the opportunity to meet and talk to people other than family, but also to explo… - Sasa Stanisic
I also did a great amount of writing while doing research. It gave me the opportunity to meet and talk to people other than family, but also to explo…
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