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Central European University Press
In Avala Is Falling , Jovanović’s breakout success in 1978, a young woman challenges the expectations that teachers, parents, bus drivers, and doctors have for her. The “Avala” of the title refers to a mountain south of Belgrade which is home to some of Serbia’s most important nationalist monuments and shrines; it is also the site of the main mental hospital for the... Read more
Translator's Preface, Introductory Remarks by Jelena's Biographer, Mr. Swede, the Moustache Mi?a, the Future Officer Propellers, Motors I Marijana Says: There's a Daffodil between my Legs Bautista Van šoven (Bautista Van Schouwen) Propellers, Motors II Aunt MaŠa's House Rules The Secretary of the Tenants' Council, and a Volunteer Playing Chess on Dositelj Street ,The Lookout (The Words of the Anonymous Man Who Longs to Love Jelena's Body), Jelena's Siamese Twin, Jelena's Second Letter, Mathematical Symbols for Jelena's Future, or Zoran's Lips Jelena's First Letter, Epilogue, Afterword by John K. Coxn
Biography
Biljana Jovanovic (1953–96) studied philosophy and literature at the University of Belgrade. She published poetry, novels, plays, and nonfiction pieces, mostly connected to her time in the anti-Miloševic opposition of the 1990s. Jovanovic died in Belgrade at the young age of forty-three.
John K. Cox is professor at North Dakota State University in Fargo.
