Sasa Stanisic was born in Visegrad in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1978, and moved to Germany when he was fourteen. He studied at the Deutsche Literaturinstitut in Leipzig. His first book How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone became an instant bestseller and was translated into more than 30 languages. Stanisic has received numerous stipends and prizes- For the short stories in Trappers he was awarded the Rheingau Literature Prize and the Schubart Literature Prize. For Where You Come From he received the German Book Prize 2019, the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize and the Leipzig Book Fair Prize. He was awarded the Nelly Sachs Prize 2023. Sasa Stanisic lives and works in Hamburg.
A triumph, funny and touching and subtly profound... it builds a
momentum that dazzles throughout. An exhilarating and powerful
read.
*Jennifer Croft*
Stanišic is a poet and revolutionary who has found his true home in
language.
*Rolling Stone*
Wonderfully inventive and impressive.
*Guardian*
Offensively gifted... Some kind of freak genius.
*Irish Examiner*
Stanišic is an exceptionally talented, impish and caring writer who
has walked the edge of the abyss.
*LA Times*
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