Fly Away, Pigeon by Melinda Nadj Abonji, Tess Lewis - 9781803090481

Name: Fly Away, Pigeon by Melinda Nadj Abonji, Tess Lewis - 9781803090481
Brand: Seagull Books London Ltd

Seagull Books London Ltd

Fly Away, PigeonAuthor(s): Melinda Nadj Abonji, Tess Lewis\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Seagull Books London Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Seagull Books London Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781803090481, 978-1803090481\nSynopsis\nTells the heart-wrenching story of a family torn between emigration and immigration and paints evocative portraits of the former Yugoslavia and modern-day Switzerland.\n\n In this novel, Melinda Nadj Abonji interweaves two narrative strands, recounting the history of three generations of the Kocsis family and chronicling their hard-won assimilation. Originally part of Serbias Hungarian-speaking minority in the Vojvodina, the Kocsis family immigrates to Switzerland in the early 1970s when their hometown is still part of the Yugoslav republic. Parents Miklos and Rosza land in Switzerland knowing just one wordwork. And after three years of backbreaking, menial work, both legal and illegal, they are finally able to obtain visas for their two young daughters, Ildiko and Nomi,.