| Checkpoint Contributor(s): Albahari, David (Author), Elias-Bursac, Ellen (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1632061929 ISBN-13: 9781632061928 Publisher: Restless Books OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Satire - Fiction | War & Military - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: 891.823 |
| LCCN: 2018938301 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 4.9" W x 7.1" (0.75 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the award-winning Serbian author David Albahari comes a devastating and Kafkaesque war fable about an army unit sent to guard a military checkpoint with no idea where they are or who the enemy might be. Atop a hill, deep in the forest, an army unit is assigned to a checkpoint. The commander doesn't know where they are, what border they're protecting, or why. Their map is useless and the radio crackles with a language no one can recognize. A soldier is found dead in a latrine and the unit vows vengeance--but the enemy is unknown. Refugees arrive seeking safe passage to the other side of the checkpoint, however the biggest threat might be the soldiers themselves. As the commander struggles to maintain order and keep his soldiers alive, he isn't sure whether he's fighting a war or caught in a bizarre military experiment. Equal parts Waiting for Godot and Catch-22, Checkpoint is a haunting and hysterical confrontation with the absurdity of war. |
Contributor Bio(s): Elias-Bursac, Ellen: - Ellen Elias-Bursac has been translating fiction and non-fiction by Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian writers since the 1980s. The AATSEEL translation award was given to her translation of David Albahari's short-story collection Words Are Something Else, ALTA's National Translation Award was given to her translation of Albahari's novel Götz and Meyer in 2006. Her book Translating Evidence and Interpreting Testimony at a War Crimes Tribunal: Working in a Tug-of-War was given the Mary Zirin Prize in 2015. |