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Coming of age in a small Croatian town under the thumb of a dictator, medical student Ivan Dolinar endures a series of misadventures that include his incarceration in a labor camp and his draft into the army, where he is rendered a pawn in a senseless conflict.
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“An ambitious first novel ... The magic realism of the final sections is exemplary; Novakovich has found his groove.” (Washington Post)
“[Ivan] is a fully rounded character, the type of protagonist...that we rarely find in fiction.” (Chicago Tribune)
“Delightfully neurotic . . . Novakovich brings a deft touch to his ambitious and unconventional first novel.” (Columbus Dispatch)
“APRIL FOOL’S DAY is a wonder...[It] has an economy of style and narrative that all good readers will relish.” (Republic of Letters)
“A heartfelt novel about the war-torn Balkans that’s actually quite funny...and touching.” (GQ)
“Both humorous and horrifying as it traces one man’s misadventures.” (USA Today)
“Wickedly funny and deeply harrowing...Novakovich knows how to tell a story...Strange, lyrical beauty abounds here.” (Maud Casey, New York Times Book Review)
“Disturbing and frequently beautiful...the novel is a Balkan conflation of Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Gogol’s DEAD SOULS, and SLAUGHERHOUSE FIVE.” (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
“There are very few native-born English speakers who write as well. (Tibor Fischer, The Guardian)
“[A] laugh-while-you-grimace novel...[Novakovich] writes with dark wit, and a touching sympathy.” (Newsweek International)
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“[Ivan] is a fully rounded character, the type of protagonist...that we rarely find in fiction.” (Chicago Tribune)
“Delightfully neurotic . . . Novakovich brings a deft touch to his ambitious and unconventional first novel.” (Columbus Dispatch)
“APRIL FOOL’S DAY is a wonder...[It] has an economy of style and narrative that all good readers will relish.” (Republic of Letters)
“A heartfelt novel about the war-torn Balkans that’s actually quite funny...and touching.” (GQ)
“Both humorous and horrifying as it traces one man’s misadventures.” (USA Today)
“Wickedly funny and deeply harrowing...Novakovich knows how to tell a story...Strange, lyrical beauty abounds here.” (Maud Casey, New York Times Book Review)
“Disturbing and frequently beautiful...the novel is a Balkan conflation of Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Gogol’s DEAD SOULS, and SLAUGHERHOUSE FIVE.” (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
“There are very few native-born English speakers who write as well. (Tibor Fischer, The Guardian)
“[A] laugh-while-you-grimace novel...[Novakovich] writes with dark wit, and a touching sympathy.” (Newsweek International)
Josip Novakovich's stories have appeared in many publications, including The Paris Review, TriQuarterly, and Ploughshares. He teaches at Pennsylvania State University and lives near State College, Pennsylvania.
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- EditoreHarperCollins
- Data di pubblicazione2004
- ISBN 10 0060583975
- ISBN 13 9780060583972
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine226
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