| April Fool's Day Contributor(s): Novakovich, Josip (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060583983 ISBN-13: 9780060583989 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2006 Annotation: Ivan Dolinar is born in Tito's Yugoslavia on April Fool's Day, 1948 -- the auspicious beginning of a life that will be derailed by backfiring good intentions in a world of propaganda and paranoia. At age nineteen, an innocent prank cuts the young Croatian's budding medical career short and lands him in a notorious labor camp. Released on the eve of civil war, Ivan is drafted into the wrong army, becoming a pawn in an absurd conflict in which the rules and loyalties shift abruptly and without warning. But even in a world gone mad, one course of action remains eminently sane: survival. Told with bitingly dark humor and a deep tenderness, "April Fool's Day" is both a devastating political satire and a razor-sharp parody of war. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - World War Ii - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense - Fiction | Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003067656 |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.23" W x 8.12" (0.42 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Balkan - Sex & Gender - Masculine - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 |
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| Publisher Description: Ivan Dolinar is born in Tito's Yugoslavia on April Fool's Day, 1948 -- the auspicious beginning of a life that will be derailed by backfiring good intentions in a world of propaganda and paranoia. At age nineteen, an innocent prank cuts the young Croatian's budding medical career short and lands him in a notorious labor camp. Released on the eve of civil war, Ivan is drafted into the wrong army, becoming a pawn in an absurd conflict in which the rules and loyalties shift abruptly and without warning. But even in a world gone mad, one course of action remains eminently sane: survival. Told with bitingly dark humor and a deep tenderness, April Fool's Day is both a devastating political satire and a razor-sharp parody of war. |
Contributor Bio(s): Novakovich, Josip: - 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. |