Also by Dubravka Ugrešić in English translation
The Ministry of Pain
Lend Me Your Character
The Museum of Unconditional Surrender
Fording the Stream of Consciousness
In the Jaws of Life
Nobody’s Home
Thank You For Not Reading
The Culture of Lies
Have A Nice Day
Copyright
First published in 2007 by Geopoetika, Belgrade and Vuković & Runjić, Dudovec 32a, 10 090 Zagreb
First published in Great Britain in 2009 by Canongate Books Ltd, 14 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1TE
This digital edition first published in 2009 by Canongate Books
Copyright © Dubravka Ugrešić, 2007
English translation of Preface and Part I, copyright © Ellen Elias-Bursać, 2009
English translation of Part II, copyright © Celia Hawkesworth, 2009
English translation of Part III, copyright © Mark Thompson, 2009
The moral rights of the author and translators have been asserted
Every effort has been made to trace copyright holders and to obtain their permission for the use of copyright material. The publisher apologises for any errors or omissions and would be grateful if notified of any corrections that should be incorporated in future reprints or editions of this book.
The publishers gratefully acknowledge subsidy from the Scottish Arts Council towards the publication of this volume
A catalogue record for this book is available on request from the British Library
ISBN 978 1 84767 608 5