Last night / Sven Popović ; translated from the Croatian by Vinko Zgaga.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Popović, Sven, 1989- author.

Contributor:

Zgaga, Vinko, translator.

Standardized Title:

Nebo u kaljuži. English

Language:

Croatian

English

Subjects (All):

Adulthood--Psychological aspects--Fiction.

Adulthood.

Maturation (Psychology)--Fiction.

Maturation (Psychology).

Young adults--Fiction.

Young adults.

Man-woman relationships--Fiction.

Man-woman relationships.

City and town life--Fiction.

City and town life.

Friendship--Fiction.

Friendship.

Genre:

Psychological fiction.

Short stories.

Physical Description:

175 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First English edition.

Place of Publication:

Dallas, TX : Dalkey Archive Press, 2024.

Summary:

"Elias, a twenty-something who is both dreamer and prophet, wanders the paths of his consciousness through blurred, polyphonic fragments. After getting dumped by his girlfriend and losing his shadow, he sets out on a journey from party to party, from hangover to hangover, trying to come to terms with his (im)pending maturity in the age of hyperreality. He is accompanied by his friends, slackers who spend their days listening to records, and a myriad of other creatures: angel detectives, shapeshifting shadows, and souls who remember their past lives"--Page 4 of cover.

"Candid and unfettered, Sven Popović's Last Night is a playfully existential meditation on youth and the search for the self. Acclaimed in his native Croatia, Popović's unique blend of intimacy and contemplation has garnered him a following in the alternative literary scene of Zagreb-and beyond. With an intellectualism that never takes itself too seriously, an unaffected fluidity of form, and a keen eye for the smallest, strangest moments that color our lives, his stories weave an offbeat tapestry of urban life. Last Night is the first short story collection from Sven Popović, whose writing was previously featured in Dalkey Archive Press's Best European Fiction 2017, and his first full work to be released in English. Slickly translated by Vinko Zgaga, Popović's sometimes-dreamlike, sometimes-conversational vignettes offer a shrewd, original outlook on life's absurdities"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Roots and bones

A dream of five cities

The lighthouses are blinking

First steps

We'll never make a gunslinger out of you

Red shift

Wenders and hot chocolate

Happy and dead

Throw away your cellphone

Picture postcards from train stations

Michael Jordan, my guru

Chewing gum and the apocalypse

The part about Alisa : a triptych that isn't

Roadsigns

A bad day for red pants

The gods must be knocked out

Robbie's not in love, Joey is just fine, and I've been faking it for twenty years

Roky Ramone

Volvox don't glow in the dark

The moon, a drunken Homer and the zero-G tango

Zagreb, je t'aime

Only the cigarettes will cost more

This one's on the angels

Red shift, part two.

ISBN:

9781628975000

1628975008

OCLC:

1432803615

Publisher Number:

90101237029