About book Chernobyl Strawberries: A Memoir (2005)
This book was waiting for me...I tried to buy it several times through Amazon, which was always a bit too complicated, so I decided to wait. Then I visited a great bookshop Charlie Byrnes in Galway and after getting already too many books, I turned my head on one of the shelves and the only piece of Goldsworthy's book was there! I didn't hesitate :)))...I was reading Vesna's book Inventing Ruritania on Western's stereotypes about Easter Europe in fiction some years ago. This more academic volume made me interested about the author's personal story who moved from Serbia to UK. Strawberries fulfilled that gap. The book is well written and I especially liked the comparisons between two poles of Europe, which are intentionally stereotypical...For example, she focuses on the notion of destiny which would be in the Balkans depicted as stg given from the stars, while British perception gives more strength into hands of individuals who are responsible for their own "destiny". I also liked the comparison of older generation, her Montenegrian grandmother who had no problems communicating with author's father in law even though she could not say a word in English. A special element of the autobiography is definitely author's illness. She decided to write a book after examination that she has a cancer.In the beginning the book did not seem to be very promissing. I thought it is just another book from the former Yugoslavia which will confirm all possible stereotypes and differences read for million times. But after the first two chapters, the story turned into personal perception of the two words in which in the end I could easily find myself.
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