Rapids Slovenian Literature Series as critic Aleš Debeljak has

as critic Aleš Debeljak has written: "The poet's power in bearing witness to Sarajevo and Dalmatia

each year featuring new voices from throughout Europe alongside more established names such as Hilary Mantel

"The moment one sets foot in America": Alfau's characters are Spanish immigrants who have one leg in Spanish culture and the other in the confusing

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” —Seth Rogoff

Rapids Slovenian Literature Series as critic Aleš Debeljak hasA sideways view of the "coming of age" experience, Rapids is the story of a young man who moves to a strange city and finds himself lost in its warren of streets and squares. He is looking for his own identity personal, political, and sexual. A series of encounters culminates with his meeting Anja: a strong, older woman, stuck in a relationship with another man she cannot bring herself to leave. Anja becomes an anchor for the young man, yet their