Balkan Library

"First Degree Murder", Svobodan Selenich

© Svobodan Selenich, 1995
Translator: Rusanka Lyapova
First edititon 2005. Serbian. 240 pages. Price 2,5 euro

First Degree Murder was also filmed. The action takes place during the wars which led to the dissolution of Yugoslavia. The main character, a young lady, driven by her curiosity, self-ironic nihilism, and conviction that a literary work can be “assembled” from the still hot material from life, gradually reveals and precisely elucidates the tragic events from her grandmother’s life during the Second World War. A story about impossible love against the background of historical events.