Materada (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780810117594)

Francesco Koslovic--even his name straddles two cultures. And during the spring of 1955, in the village of Materada on the Istrian Peninsula, his two worlds are coming apart. Materada, the first volume of Fulvio Tomizza's celebrated Istrian Trilogy, depicts the Istrian exodus of the hundreds of thousands who had once thrived in a rich ethnic mixture of Italians and Slavs. Complicating Koslovic's own departure is his attempt to keep the land that he and his brother have worked all their lives.

A picture of a disappearing way of life, a tale of feud and displacement, and imbued with the tastes, tales, and songs of his native Istria, Koslovic's story is a testament to the intertwined ethnic roots of Balkan history.

Author: Fulvio Tomizza
ISBN-10: 0810117592
ISBN-13: 9780810117594
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/20/1999
Pages: 134
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 7.94h x 4.69w x 0.47d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/17/2000 pg. 46
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2000 pg. 146
Booklist 02/15/2000 pg. 1085