Books by Rumena Bužarovska (5)
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I'm Not Going Anywhere by Rumena Bužarovska EN
Country: Europe / 
North Macedonia
North Macedonia
Description:
Razor-sharp social commentary, Jane Austen for contemporary feminists unafraid to confront a dark world In her latest translated volume of collected short fiction, Rumena Bužarovska delivers more of what established her as “one of the most interesting writers working in Europe today.” Already a bestseller across her native Macedonia, I’m Not Going Anywhere is an unsentimental and hyperrealist collection in which Macedonians leave their country of origin to escape bleakness—only to find, in other locales, new kinds of desolation in theses dark, biting, and utterly absorbing stories.
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Mi Marido by Rumena Buzarovska ES
Country: Europe / North Macedonia
North Macedonia
Description:
In these eleven devastatingly precise and psychologically unsettling stories, we follow the female protagonists' thwarted attempts at intimacy, ranging from pretense, to denial, to violent and ultimately self-destructive acts. This smart, funny, provocative collection demonstrates the profound skills that have made Rumena Buzarovska one of the finest contemporary writers of short fiction in Macedonia.
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My Husband by Rumena Bužarovska EN
Country: Europe / North Macedonia
North Macedonia
Description:
Adulterers, cheats, hypocrites, bad seeds--in My Husband, Rumena Bužarovska turns her wry and razor-sharp gaze on men, and on the lives of the women who suffer them. In these eleven devastatingly precise and psychologically unsettling stories, we follow the female protagonists' thwarted attempts at intimacy, ranging from pretense, to denial, to violent and ultimately self-destructive acts. This smart, funny, provocative collection demonstrates the profound skills that have made Rumena Bužarovska one of the finest contemporary writers of short fiction in Macedonia.
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No Voy a Ninguna Parte by Rumena Buzarovska ES
Country: Europe / North Macedonia
North Macedonia
Description:
A vase is the trigger for Lydia to explode with jealousy over her best friend's life. Vesna, a university professor who tolerates her husband's infidelities and her son's indifference, is at an empowered women's event at the American ambassador's residence. Ellie returns to her childhood home with the secret hope of reuniting with her former lover. No one is safe from Rumena Buzarovska's intelligent, hyper-realistic, and poignant prose, which demonstrates in her new collection of short stories the impossibility of achieving happiness for those who fled their country, but also for those who sta... continue
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Ο Άντρας μου by Rumena Bužarovska GR
Country: Europe / North Macedonia
North Macedonia
Description:
Έντεκα γυναίκες μιλούν χωρίς ταμπού για την καθημερινότητά τους και τη σχέση με τους συντρόφους τους. Οι αφηγήτριες πλάθουν με τρόπο ανελέητο τα πορτρέτα των ανδρών παρουσιάζοντας τα ελαττώματά τους -μοιχοί, χειριστικοί, υποκριτές, βάναυσοι, απατεώνες, φαντασμένοι-, ενώ αποκαλύπτουν με τόλμη και τον εαυτό τους: τα σχέδια της ζωής τους, τις ήττες, τις ελπίδες, τις ψευδαισθήσεις, αλλά και τις αδυναμίες τους. Έντεκα ιστορίες, έντεκα παραλλαγές της πατριαρχίας, άλλοτε σκληρά ρεαλιστικές, άλλοτε σουρεαλιστικές ακόμα και αστείες, από τη Ρούμενα Μπουζάροφσκα (Βόρεια Μακεδονία, γενν. 1981), μια από τι... continue