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BalkaNoir – Crime Stories

Renato Bratkovic Nenad Stipanić Suphi Varim Ercan Akbay Emanuel Ikonomov Boriana Dukova Yannis Rangos Verica Vinsent Cole Bogdan Hrib Lucia Verona Lucian-Dragoş Bogdan Andreas Apostolides Robert Perisic Zoran Benčič Cenk Çalışır Andreya Iliev Marko Popović Ivan Sršen Djordje Bajic Avgust Demšar Vassilis Danellis

Editors: Vassilis Danellis – Yannis Rangos Original Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Greek, Romanian, Serbian, Slovenian, Turkish

For the first time in the annals of crime fiction, this volume collects short stories by prominent writers of the genre, originating in seven Balkan countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey. The tome comprises twenty one stories, written by an equal number of writers (three per country), that highlight the variety and dynamic of crime fiction in the Balkans over the past decades. Furthermore, this volume includes essays by academics, literary critics and writers, wherein are presented the history, major recurring tendencies, as well as the modern outlook of crime fiction in each participating country.

Pure literary value aside, this original publication offers a unique opportunity to lovers of the genre: to explore an up to recently unmapped literary territory. At the same time, the book probes in depth the themes and storytelling patterns inherent in the writers comprising this Balkan version of noir fiction – BalkaNoir. 

The main – and one might say ambitious – goals of the editors, writers and critics participating in the endeavor, are to encourage communication between Balkan writers, to jumpstart an in-depth discussion on Balkan crime fiction, as well as create a driving force for further translations of Balkan crime stories. 
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Published 2023-05-30 by KASTANIOTIS

Main content page count: 432 Pages