Where You Come From

“Saša Stanišić is originally from what is now Bosnia. In this very playful, contradictory novel, he explores a story about a grandmother who’s losing herself while her grandson is trying to work out how he feels about his childhood in what was Yugoslavia as well as Germany. When he goes back to present-day Bosnia, he’s working through how he feels about that place. It’s happy and sad, so it’s a little bit bittersweet, and the ending is a fantastic surprise.” Read more...

The Best 21st-Century German Novels

Katy Derbyshire, Translator