The Swedish American Museum book club reads a variety of Nordic books every month.

Here are the upcoming books:
March – My cat Yugoslavia a novel by Pajtim Statovci (Finland)
April – Summer Light, and Then Comes the Night By Jón Kalman Stefánsson (Iceland)

In March we will read “My cat Yugoslavia a novel” by Pajtim Statovci
About “My cat Yugoslavia a novel”
In 1980s Yugoslavia, a young Muslim girl is married off to a man she hardly knows, and what was meant to be a happy match quickly goes wrong. Shortly thereafter, the country is torn apart by war and she and her family flee to Finland, where her son Bekim grows up to become a social outcast—not just an immigrant in a country suspicious of foreigners but also a gay man in an unaccepting society. Aside from casual hookups, his only companion is a boa constrictor that, improbably (he is terrified of snakes), he lets roam around his apartment.

Then one night, at a gay bar, Bekim meets a talking cat, who also moves in with him. It is this witty, charming, manipulative creature who starts Bekim on a journey back to Kosovo to confront his demons and make sense of the magical, cruel, incredible history of his family. And this, in turn, enables Bekim finally to open himself to true love—which he will find in the most unexpected place.

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