08.07.2021

Canzone di Guerra wins PEN Award

Pen Translates has awarded our 2021 novel by the late Daša Drndić

Istros Books is proud to annoucne the up-coming publicaiton of Canzone di Guerra, from the. backlist of Daša Drndić

In a translation by Celia Hawkesworth, March 2022.

The novel is a collage of different genres - from (pseudo) autobiography to documentary material and culinary recipes. exploring perspectives on the issue of emigration, the unresolved history of the Second World War, while emphasizing the absurdity of politics of differences between neighboring nations.