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A master of the contemporary Macedonian short novel. With his simple but strong language creates engaging stories with the power to change the world.
Biography
Petar Andonovski was born in 1987, in Kumanovo, North Macedonia. He studied General and comparative literature at the Faculty of Philology, at the Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. He has published one poetry collection: “Mental Space” (2008), and five novels: ”Eyes the Color of Shoes” (2013), “The Body One Must Live In” (2015), ,”Fear of Barbarians” (2018), ,”The Summer without You” (2020), ,”I won’t tell” (2023). He has won Novel of the Year Award for “The Body One Must Live In” (2015), European Union Prize for Literature for “Fear of Barbarians” (2020), Author of the Year Award by Macedonian Association of Publishers at the Skopje Book Fair for 2020 and English PEN award for “The Summer without you” (2022).
Outstanding title:
FEAR OF BARBARIANS (2020)
To Oksana, who has come from Ukraine with her friends to recover from illness in the aftermath of Chernobyl, it seems like a dream to live in a blue-and-white house with a lemon tree. To Penelope, a Greek woman who was married off to an unsuitable man by nuns from the convent where she spent her teenage years, it is a kind of prison.
Their two narratives, interwoven with other stories – of the other women of the sparse community, of their own past lives and loves – are skillfully combined with themes of otherness and the notions of ‘foreign’ and ‘barbaric’ in this poetic and timeless short novel.
No. of pp: 111
Awards:
- Winner of the European Union Prize for Literature in 2020.
Rights sold to:
England, France, Italy, Croatia, Serbia, Albania and Bulgaria.
Latest title:
I WON’T TELL (2023)
What is it that makes a family a family? Are there limits of love between parents and children that must not be crossed? And how much telling and not telling is necessary for a healthy partnership?
This is an exciting story about four queer parents, one child and many unspoken thoughts and emotions.
No. of pp: 113
Translation available:
- English
Rights:
Petar Andonovski
andonovski_petar@yahoo.com