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<\/a><\/p>\nRobert Peri\u0161i\u0107<\/strong><\/span> (Split, 1969) is a Croatian writer, translated in a number of European countries and in the USA, winner of awards in Croatia and abroad. He is best-known as the author of novels and short stories, but he also writes poetry, essays and dramatic texts. He has worked as a film scriptwriter as well.<\/p>\n His novel Na\u0161 \u010dovjek na terenu (Our Man in the Field)<\/em> was a hit in Croatia; it has been awarded the Jutarnji List Prize <\/em>for best prose and Literaturpreis der Steierm\u00e4rkischen Sparkasse<\/em> (Graz); it was also a literary discovery for the American audiences, so in 2013 he was included in the lists of translations and books of the year in the USA, where the book met critical acclaim of the major media (The New Yorker<\/em>, Publisher’s Weekly, National Public Radio, <\/em>etc.), as well as authors such as Jonathan Franzen.<\/p>\n In Serbia, his published works include two short story books (Fabrika knjiga), two books of selections from stories, two novels and a book of stories\/essays (Lom<\/em>). Peri\u0161i\u0107\u2019 latest novel Podru\u010dje bez signala (No Signal Area)<\/em> was published in Serbia by Lom <\/em>at the end of 2015.<\/p>\n He lives and works in Zagreb as a freelance writer.<\/p>\n Works<\/span>:<\/u> Dvorac Amerika<\/em><\/strong> (Castle America, <\/em>1995, poetry); Mo\u017ee\u0161 pljunuti onoga tko bude pitao za nas<\/em><\/strong> (You Can Spit in the Face of the One Who Asks about Us, <\/em>1999, short stories); U\u017eas i veliki tro\u0161kovi<\/em><\/strong> (Horror and High Costs, <\/em>2002, short stories); Na\u0161 \u010dovjek na terenu<\/em><\/strong> (Our Man in the Field, <\/em>2007, novel); Uvod u smije\u0161ni ples<\/em><\/strong> (An Introduction to the Funny Dance, <\/em>2011, prose\/essay); Jednom kasnije<\/em><\/strong> (Once Later, <\/em>2012, poetry); Kultura u predgra\u0111u<\/em><\/strong> (Culture in the Suburbs, <\/em>drama; Gavella, Zagreb, 2000); 100 minuta Slave <\/em><\/strong>(100 Minutes of Fame, <\/em>2004, feature film script); Podru\u010dje bez signala<\/em><\/strong> (No Signal Area, <\/em>2015, novel)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Robert Perisic is a light bright with intelligence and twinkling with irony…<\/p>\n Jonathan Franzen<\/em><\/p>\n Exceptional novels are more than just the story told. They cut through a number of constellations, discuss the topics of family, love, art, politics and money. It is amazing how Peri\u0161i\u0107\u2019 Our Man in Iraq <\/em><\/span>envelops all the above mentioned, while it remains painfully witty.<\/p>\n Laura Farmer, <\/strong><\/em>The Eastern Iowa Gazette<\/p>\n Robert Peri\u0161i\u0107 depicts, with acerbic wit, a class of urban elites…<\/p>\n The New Yorker<\/em><\/p>\n A discovery for the American audiences.<\/p>\n ZYZZYVA<\/em> Magazine<\/em><\/p>\n A weird and authentic novel.<\/p>\n Alan Cheuse<\/em>, National Public Radio<\/p>\n Peri\u0161i\u0107\u2019 Area <\/em><\/span>is an excellent, complex, powerful as well as a witty novel; \u201cours\u201d but at the same time worldly…<\/p>\n Jagna Poga\u010dnik, <\/em>Jutarnji list<\/p>\n The new novel by Robert Peri\u0161i\u0107, Area without Signal <\/em><\/span>\u2013 a hilarious, ironic, brutal and sentimental (post)transitional tour de force… It is hard to put down Area without Signal.<\/p>\n Darko Milo\u0161i\u0107, <\/em>Zarez<\/p>\n Area without Signal <\/em><\/span>is a kind of a novelistic mile-stone, a novel that could mean a turning point, which opens a new lane on the highway of the contemporary Croatian prose.\u00a0<\/p>\n Bo\u017eidar Alajbegovi\u0107,<\/em> Radio Croatia 3<\/p>\n Pure and one hundred percent rock\u2019n\u2019roll in the best sense of the word.<\/p>\n Bojan Marjanovi\u0107<\/em>, booksa.hr<\/p>\n One of the crucial layers in Peri\u0161i\u0107\u2019 novel Our Man in Iraq <\/em><\/span>is the very sensitive love story, not too sentimental, even less cynical, but exciting in its well-balanced typicalness (not stereotypicalness<\/em>). Highly polished urban (post)romanticism, from laughter to the lump in the throat, a couple of times over…<\/p>\n Teofil Pan\u010di\u0107, <\/em>Vreme<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Robert Peri\u0161i\u0107 (Split, 1969) is a Croatian writer, translated in a number of European countries and in the USA, winner of awards in Croatia and abroad. He is best-known as the author of novels and short stories, but he also writes poetry, essays and dramatic texts. He has worked as a film scriptwriter as well. 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