Natasha Nuhanovic - Writer

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Novelist and poet. In her latest book, The Boy's Marble , a family's small world is seen through the clear, innocent eyes of a child as war affects it. Her first book, Stray Dog Embassy (Mansfield Press), appeared in 2010; her poems have appeared in journals.

The Boy's Marble

The Boy's Marble - front cover

The Boy's Marble - cover spread

Release: 2022-09-18

Language: English

199 Pages Trade Paperback

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Stray Dog Embassy

Stray Dog Embassy - cover

Mansfield Press

Release: 2010-09-14

Language: English

60 Pages Trade Paperback

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Reviews

The Miramichi Reader Alison Manley ... It is also a surprisingly joyful novel, with the purity and innocence of a child focused on her little world, even as war affects her home. ... The Boy's Marble is a true treasure.
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I look forward to reading it again and again, as I expect I will do, in order to pull more pieces out of it each time.

GoodReads Elyse Walter I'm glad I read this book – (Natasa Nuhanovic is 'very' talented making every sentence count)... one that somehow carried the lightness of a fairytale... from being so highly imaginable – and simmering in memories... but I do admit her delicately poetic style was at times deeply engaging and other times taxing my nerves.

All Lit Up Amongst the many books that can be classified as war-fiction, this novel is different as it looks at this difficult tragedy through the eyes of a child in a, one could say, healthy way. The narrator does not sweep the painful and tragic memories under the rug, but she also does not place them onto her primary radar. The story unfolds in a way that does not burden the reader even more, but wakes in him hope, love and helps understand just how useless, meaningless and absurd war is. The story helps the reader find the strength and meaning to live without hate and recover a lost innocence. In essence, the novel is a brilliant anti-war story, very timely and necessary exactly now.

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