They called me from the hospital to come and get my mother. All I could manage was a quiet groan as the woman at the other end of the line impatiently shouted ‘Hello? Hello?’ into the phone. I immediately called my lawyer who, following the ancient tradition of his profession, danced around the issue at […]
That Winter
Translated by Tom Priestly
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Published in Ecotone Magazine. Story won Pushcart Prize 2012.
2021
The prisoners released before me had flown home from The Hague in airplanes sent for them by their states. I was the first one who wasn’t a national hero. The guard just handed me a train ticket to Sarajevo and some pocket money for travel expenses. I greeted him with “Tot ziens” and he answered […]
