Table of Contents
Autumn, the Moss-grown Horseman from the North
Prince of the Una, Dragons and Reconstruction
The Monster from the Juice Warehouse
Smith the Redeemer, AKA the Conductor of Clouds
QUIET FLOWS THE UNA
Faruk Šehić
Translated from the Bosnian by Will Firth
Forgetting is a form of memory, its vague basement, the other, secret, side of the coin.
Jorge Luis Borges
My mind forgets, but my body keeps the score. The body is bleeding history.
Geoffrey Hartman
First published in 2016 by Istros Books, London, United Kingdom www.istrosbooks.com
Originally published in Bosnian as Knjiga o Uni, by Buybook, Sarajevo
© Faruk Šehić, 2016
The right of Faruk Šehić to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988
Translation © Will Firth, 2016
Illustrations and cover art: Aleksandra Nina Knežević
Typesetting and design: Davor Pukljak, www.frontispis.hr
978-1-908236-49-4 (printed edition)
978-1-908236-75-3 (Eook)
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