Pajtim Statovci: My Cat Yugoslavia MIT Press In a land where even

In a land where even prayers are banished from taking root

From the Editors

and historian Nathaniel Flakin dedicate this book to Rosa Luxemburg

It is the second in a series of volumes titled An Archaeology of Listening

ISBN: 978-1-84976-799-6

Pajtim Statovci: My Cat Yugoslavia MIT Press In a land where evenIn 1980s Yugoslavia, a young girl named Emine is married off to a man she hardly knows. But soon her country is torn apart by war, and she is forced to flee with her family. Decades later Emines son, Bekim, has grown up a social outcast in a country suspicious of foreigners. Aside from casual hook ups, his only companion is a pet boa constrictor until one night in a gay bar, Bekim meets a talking cat. It is this witty, charming, manipulative creature