Then I said it too, because it would have been sheer madness not to say those words to a man like that.Īt a time when there is a shortage of empathy for refugees both here and in Europe, Statovci’s queer perspective on the search of rootedness in My Cat Yugoslavia is wonderful and original-and much welcome, too. He moved his hand on my stomach his fingertips felt warm and soft and his skin smelled of sliced almonds. My Cat Yugoslavia: A Novel ISBN 13: 9780525432456 My Cat Yugoslavia: A Novel Statovci, Pajtim 3.72 avg rating (7,842 ratings by Goodreads) Softcover ISBN 10: 0525432450ISBN 13: 9780525432456 Publisher: Vintage, 2018 This specific ISBN edition is currently not available. What if I stopped loving him or what if he could no longer bring himself to say it, or what if he fell in love with someone else or got a job on the other side of the world? Anything could happen. He glanced quickly out of the window where the evening was beginning to darken and turn red.

As a portrait of a gay refugee, Statovci writes as well about unemotional hookups-“He gripped my wrist in his palms and pressed his thigh against my groin, as though he was afraid I might say something like I fancied him or … how I understand him”-as finding love: A flabby, fervid melodrama of a high-strung Southern family from Conroy (The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline), whose penchant for overwriting once again. Pajtim Statovci is a writer of brilliant originality and power, and his debut novel conveys as few books can what life feels like now.

My cat yugoslavia by pajtim statovci