Miris kiše na Balkanu - Gordana Kuic (The Scent of Rain in...)

The Scent of Rain in the Balkans became an instant bestseller. Winner of the First Prize awarded by the prestigious Association of Jewish Communities in Yugoslavia, the novel describes the historic period in the Balkans from the beginning of World War I, 1914, to the end of World War II in 1945 through the lives and destinies of the Saloms, a Sephardic Jewish family from Sarajevo. The leading characters are the five courageous Salom sisters whose struggle to fulfill personal desires and aspirations run contrary to the strict conventions of the multicultural and religious societies - Bosnian Jew, Muslim, Serbian Orthodox,and Catholic - of the time, living side by side in the small town of Sarajevo.

A ballet based on the novel premiered on the Sarajevo National Opera stage in 1991. The Scent of Rain in the Balkans has also been adapted to both television and the theater.

Dimensions: 20 cm, 539 pages, paperback, Latin script.