{"product_id":"my-familys-role-in-the-bora-cosic-9780810113688","title":"My Family's Role in the World Revolution: And Other Prose","description":"Bora Ćosic's \u003ci\u003eMy Family's Role in the World Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e enjoyed a successful run as a play, but the film version was closed immediately and ultimately caused Ćosic's publications to be for over four years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During the German occupation of Belgrade, a family--including an alarmist mother, an eternally drunk father, two young aunts who swoon over American movie stars, and a playboy uncle--attempt to find any kind of work they can do at home. When the postwar Socialist society is being ushered in after the war, the narrator becomes the slogan-spouting ideological leader of the household, while his family tries--and often fails miserably--to take part in the \"great change.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This volume also includes several Ćosic short stories, and recent essays on the war in the former Yugoslavia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bora Cosic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810113686\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810113688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 4.82w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/18\/1997 pg. 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/1997 pg. 1415","brand":"Bora Cosic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096739881215,"sku":"9780810113688","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-familys-role-in-the-bora-cosic-9780810113688","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}