Slavenka Drakulic

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Slavenka Drakulic Criticism

Slavenka Drakulic is a prominent Croatian novelist and essayist, renowned for her incisive exploration of the impacts of communism and war on Eastern European women. Her work primarily delves into the domestic realm and the individual's experience, offering a unique perspective distinct from broader geopolitical narratives. Despite being labeled a regional writer, her candid portrayal of cultural and political upheaval in her native region has resonated more with Western audiences, partly due to the critical reception it faced in Croatia.

Contents

  • Principal Works
  • Essays
    • Vogue Desire
    • Out of Grandmother's Store Cupboard
    • Self-Disclosing Days
    • Into the Dark
    • Broken Lives, Deadened Souls: Inside the Disintegrating Balkans
    • The Balkan Tragedy
    • ‘We are the War.’
    • Portraits of Europe's Powder Keg
    • Realm of the Senses
    • Review of The Balkan Express
    • Bosnia: Guilt by Dissociation? A Discussion with Slavenka Drakulic
    • Jean, Slavenka, and the Tea Party for Sanity
    • Review of Sterben in Kroatien: Vom Krieg mitten in Europa
    • Another False Dawn
    • Breaking Away
    • Strangers in a City
    • Hungry for His Love
    • Review of Café Europa: Life after Communism
    • Review of The Taste of a Man
    • No Place Like Home
    • Review of As If I Am Not There: A Novel about the Balkans
    • Slavenka Drakulic: Dissidence and Rhetorical Voice in Postcommunist Eastern Europe
  • Further Reading