{"product_id":"fatherland-a-family-history-9781631490316","title":"Fatherland: A Family History","description":"\u003cp\u003eStanding alongside Marjane Satrapi's \u003cem\u003ePersepolis\u003c\/em\u003e and Joe Sacco's \u003cem\u003ePalestine\u003c\/em\u003e, Nina Bunjevac's \u003cem\u003eFatherland\u003c\/em\u003e renders the searing history of the Balkans in the twentieth century through the experiences of the author and her family. In 1975, fearing her husband's growing fanaticism, Nina Bunjevac's mother fled her marriage and adopted country of Canada, taking Nina--then only a toddler--and her older sister back to Yugoslavia to live with her parents. Her husband and Nina's father, Peter, was a die-hard Serbian nationalist who was forced to leave his country in the 1950s. Remaining in Canada, he became involved with a terrorist organization bent on overthrowing the Communist Yugoslav government and attacking its supporters in North America. Then in 1977, while his family was still in Yugoslovia, Peter was killed in an accidental explosion while building a bomb.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough exquisite and haunting black-and-white art, Nina Bunjevac documents the immediate circumstances surrounding her father's death and provides a sweeping account of the former Yugoslovia under Fascism and Communism, telling an unforgettable true story of how the scars of history are borne by family and nation alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/19\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781631490316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.80h x 8.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2014 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/23\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/22\/2015 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2015 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nina Bunjevac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42917349523637,"sku":"9781631490316","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3a63a043-d90a-4cac-8fb3-8180a38d4dbd.jpg?v=1687282990","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fatherland-a-family-history-9781631490316","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}