{"product_id":"sons-daughters-9781644213353","title":"Sons, Daughters","description":"\u003cb\u003eIvana Bodrozic's latest award-winning novel tells a story of being locked in: socially, domestically and intimately, told through three different perspectives, all deeply marked and wounded by the patriarchy in their own way. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere the Croatian poet and writer depicts a wrenching love between a transgender man and a woman as well as a demanding love between a mother and a daughter in a narrative about breaking through and liberation of the mind, family, and society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a story of hidden gay and trans relationships, the effects of a near-fatal accident, and an oppressed childhood, where Ivana Bodrozic tackles the issues addressed in her previous works--issues of otherness, identity and gender, pain and guilt, injustice and violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA daughter is paralyzed after a car crash, left without the ability to speak, trapped in a hospital bed, unable to move anything but her eyes. Although she is immobilized, her mind reels, moving through time, her memories a salve and a burden. A son is stuck in a body that he doesn't feel is his own. He endures misperceptions and abuse on the way to becoming who he truly is. A mother who grew up being told she was never good enough, in a world with no place for the desires and choices of women. She carries with her the burden of generations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese three stories run parallel and intertwine. Three voices deepen and give perspective to one another's truth, pain, and struggle to survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIVANA BODROZIĆ\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Vukovar, Croatia, in 1982, where she lived until the Yugoslav Wars started in 1991. That year her father disappeared while fighting for Croatian independence and she and the rest of her family moved to a refugee hotel in Kumrovec. In 2005, she published her first poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eThe First Step into Darkness, \u003c\/i\u003e and in 2010 her acclaimed and bestselling first novel \u003ci\u003eThe Hotel Tito\u003c\/i\u003e, which won three major awards in Croatia and the Prix Ulysse for Best Debut Novel in France. It was published by Seven Stories in 2017. Since then Bodrozic released her second poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eA Crossing for Wild Animals\u003c\/i\u003e, and a short story collection, \u003ci\u003e100% Cotton\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eWe Trade Our Night for Someone Else's Day\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Seven Stories in 2021, is her second novel and her first political thriller. \u003ci\u003eSons, Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e, Bodrozic's third novel, marks another step in a new direction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eELLEN ELIAS-BURSAC\u003c\/b\u003e translates fiction and nonfiction from Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian. She has taught in the Harvard University Slavic Department and is a contributing editor to Asymptote. She has translated both of Ivana Bodrozic's previous books for Seven Stories along with Robert Perisic's novel \u003ci\u003eNo-Signal Area\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Boston.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Seven Stories Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50620359115026,"sku":"9781644213353","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b28c32bb-7428-49fb-b2ae-7c9e3bc766c3.jpg?v=1732564158","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sons-daughters-9781644213353","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}