Nadia (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781609389093)

Nadia moves between the competing perspectives of two survivors of the 1990s Balkan Wars who have escaped to London, only to discover that the war has followed them there. Nadia is a young refugee who just wants to forget the past--until Iggy starts temping at her London office. Afraid he may be a sniper from the war she fled, Nadia starts seeing threats everywhere, alongside unsettling visions of her lost girlfriend, Sanja. As her volatile connection with Iggy unravels, Nadia is forced to face the ethically shaky choices she made to escape the war, her survivor guilt, and her disavowed queer sexuality.

Christine Evans's novel takes us to the recent past of a war that broke apart a European country and that presciently foreshadowed the rise of ethno-nationalism in the West. Tense, suspenseful, and mordantly funny, Nadia tracks the complex ways in which a past marked by political violence can shadow and disrupt the present.

Author: Christine Evans
ISBN-10: 1609389093
ISBN-13: 9781609389093
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Language: English
Published: 09/19/2023
Pages: 246
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.43w x 0.71d

Review Citation(s):
Foreword 08/27/2023