The Lizard's Tail

Daily life scenes surrounding us are only seemingly banal – beneath each and every one of them emotions boil, living people with ambitions, wishes, loves, fears… Only the finest of writers manage to spin everyday situations into magnificent stories. One such master narrator is Korana Serdarević, whose stories are as tense as a string and, perfectly attuned, they resonate crystal clear for a long time in the reader’s ear.

The Lizard’s Tail speaks about women and men trapped in the roles only few of them manage to break free from and accomplish their true self. Trapped either in bureaucratic labyrinths, in a tram leading to inevitable death, or their own past burdened by war or childhood traumas, the protagonists of these fifteen stories are trying to find their place in the world forcing them to make endless choices to the level of infinity.

A lizard’s tail can grow back, but once experienced traumas leave scars one needs to live with. Dark and optimistic, full of life and reality, Korana Serdarević’s stories reveal the secret worlds of our neighbours, friends, cousins and ourselves.

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