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A bildungsroman in 21 songs and collages, 3 Minutes and 53 Seconds follows the life of an unnamed hero from 1984 to 2004 as he moves from boyhood to early fatherhood.

Uprooted from his home in Sarajevo following his parents' divorce, the hero is thrust into a new life in Skopje, where he grows up amid the unfolding political and social drama of the collapse of Yugoslavia. The story is an intimate account of rupture and displacement, but also, ultimately, resilience. The title refers to the average length of a hit song, and the time it takes to read each chapter. Arranging the formative moments in the hero's life around songs of the period, Branko Prlja captures the zeitgeist of the time. With a playlist from the '80s, '90s, and '00s that ranges from heavy metal to punk rock, from grunge and drum 'n' bass to trip hop and pop music, these are the tracks that left their mark on a whole generation-not just in the Balkans, but worldwide.
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Product details

  • Paperback | 112 pages
  • 139.7 x 208.28 x 5.08mm | 136.08g
  • Normal, IL, United States
  • English
  • 21 Illustrations
  • 1628973501
  • 9781628973501
  • 1,715,652

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About Branko Prlja

Prose writer, graphic designer, and eco-activist Branko Prlja (penname Bert Stein) was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in 1977. He has lived in Skopje since 1990. He is a member of DPM (Macedonian Writers Association) and ZNM (Association of Journalists of Macedonia), and has published numerous works of fiction. Paul Filev is a literary translator from Macedonian and Spanish to English. His translations include the novels Alma Mahler by Sasho Dimoski (Dalkey Archive Press, 2018), Blue Label by Eduardo Sanchez Rugeles, and the anthology Contemporary Macedonian Fiction (Dalkey Archive Press, 2019. He lives in Melbourne.
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