The Small Piece of the Big Sky – novel
by Ana Bilic
Description
An unusual sheen of the German language!
"We were lying in the meadows and saw the sky and the moving clouds ... we let our thoughts go as the clouds went..."
A woman from Croatia comes to Vienna to learn German. She falls in love with her teacher. They tell each other stories, dreamy fairy tales, with which they try to fathom their innermost being.
They walk through the Prater, to the Danube Canal, over the Naschmarkt, try to get closer to themselves and to life.
Ana Bilić German-language debut is a love story with its own melody, which does not deny its roots in a foreign country and precisely because of this gives the German language an unusual shine.
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Foreign Rights at Hoffman und Campe Verlag Hamburg
Endorsements
About the novel appeared the scientific work of G. Lovrić and M. Lovrić: Speech defects as a literary means of expression A. Bilic: „The Small Piece of the Big Sky “, The Journal of Languages for Specific Purposes, March 2015
Reviews
From the review by Nicole Katja Streitler:
„... The special thing about Bilic's love story is that it is the story of a love that consists mainly of stories: a language love story through and through. The book thus demonstrates in an exemplary way how what we call a love relationship is above all a question of (successful) communication, and how the breakdown or failure of the conversation also means the end of the relationship - even if not necessarily of love..."
Author Biography
1962, Zagreb/Croatia – live and works in her adopted country Austria and publishes with "Hoffmann & Campe" Hamburg, "Hollitzer Verlag" Vienna and in self-publishing. In her modern novels, short stories and poems she deals basically with love relationships and their complexity. She is a precise observer and in the background of each of her stories she questions human timeless problems. Her work is created through prism of cultural diversity – linguistic, social and intimate.
Further information on her website www.ana-bilic
Copyright Information
Foreign Rights at Hoffmann und Campe Verlag Hamburg
Ana Bilic
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- Publisher Hoffamnn und Campe Verlag
- Orginal LanguageGerman
- ISBN/Identifier 9783455003734
- Publication Country or regionGermany
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 16.90 EUR
- Pages176
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleDas kleine Stück vom großen Himmel
- Copyright Year2002
- Page size12.4 x 2.2 x 19.1 cm
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