As his new novel Bolla is released, Statovci speaks about disrupting the rules of literary fiction, the problem with conventional narratives of trauma, and the influence of folklore on his work.
; as do elements of folklore and mythology. He has been awarded numerous prizes for his work, including Finland’s most prestigious literary award, the Finlandia Prize, whilebegins in Kosovo in April 1995, when the country is on the brink of a terrible war. Arsim, a newly-married, 22-year-old Albanian with dreams of becoming a writer, meets Miloš, a Serbian medical student, and the two embark on an intense, clandestine love affair.
Here, Statovci speaks about disrupting the rules of literary fiction, the problem with conventional narratives of trauma, the influence of folklore on his work, and more.is a powerful examination of what it means to have your life interrupted by events beyond your control, and the difficulty, or impossibility, of returning to normality once these events have ended.
JG: The two main characters both do some terrible things. How did you navigate this sense of moral ambiguity as you were writing the book? “I didn’t want to write about trauma with the idea that it necessarily goes away at some point. Because I don’t think trauma operates in this way very often. Sometimes, things happen that are so terrible and bad that they will become ingrained into you, and you might never get an escape from them” – Pajtim StatovciAnd why did you decide to write his perspective in the format of a journal?
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