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National Bestseller
Spanning twenty years and one life-altering summer in Croatia, Slanting Towards the Sea is at once an unforgettable love story and a powerful exploration of what it means to come of age in a country younger than oneself.
Ivona divorced the love of her life, Vlaho, a decade…
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Weeks after reading the final page of Lidija Hilje’s debut novel, I’m still wondering what her characters are doing now. From first words to last, I found myself completely immersed in a place I’ve always wanted to visit, the Croatian coastline; an amazing achievement for an author writing in her second language.
The novel is structured as a series of flashbacks interspersed with “now” (though the exact year is unspecified). This slow but steady drip of memories shows how Vlaho and Ivona met, fell in love, and then divorced. Meanwhile, scenes set in the present day drip with regrets. “I…
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