| The Ministry of Pain Contributor(s): Ugresic, Dubravka (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060825855 ISBN-13: 9780060825850 Publisher: Ecco Press OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2007 Annotation: Having fled the violent breakup of Yugoslavia, Tanja Lucic is now a professor of literature at the University of Amsterdam, where she teaches a class filled with other young Yugoslav exiles, most of whom earn meager wages assembling leather and rubber S&M clothing at a sweatshop they call the "Ministry." Abandoning literature, Tanja encourages her students to indulge their "Yugonostalgia" in essays about their personal experiences during their homeland's cultural and physical disintegration. But Tanja's act of academic rebellion incites the rage of one renegade member of her class--and pulls her dangerously close to another--which, in turn, exacerbates the tensions of a life in exile that has now begun to spiral seriously out of control. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - World War Ii - Fiction | Science Fiction - General - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.36" W x 7.98" (0.51 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
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| Publisher Description: Having fled the violent breakup of Yugoslavia, Tanja Lucic is now a professor of literature at the University of Amsterdam, where she teaches a class filled with other young Yugoslav exiles, most of whom earn meager wages assembling leather and rubber S&M clothing at a sweatshop they call the Ministry. Abandoning literature, Tanja encourages her students to indulge their Yugonostalgia in essays about their personal experiences during their homeland's cultural and physical disintegration. But Tanja's act of academic rebellion incites the rage of one renegade member of her class--and pulls her dangerously close to another--which, in turn, exacerbates the tensions of a life in exile that has now begun to spiral seriously out of control. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ugresic, Dubravka: - An acclaimed novelist and essayist, Dubravka Ugresic is a native of the former Yugoslavia who left her homeland in 1993 for political reasons. She now lives in Amsterdam. |