Publisher's Synopsis
The fictional dictionary of a Croatian exile in the USA. In this book, American life and culture are seen through the eyes of a woman whose country is being destroyed by war; barbarism is seen through the comforting veil of Western obsessions.;Escaping from a dreadful situation in Zagreb, Dubravka Ugresic finds herself living in Middletown, Connecticut. There she compiles a witty, sardonic dictionary of everyday American life shot through with absurdity and her awareness of the barbaric realities of Sarajevo and Dubrovnik. This book is a combination of diary, autobiography, travel book and fiction.
