Pajtim Statovci: My Cat Yugoslavia magazine and the notion of exoticism

and the notion of exoticism

Words and sentences fuse or break apart

presenting the sandwich as a fuzzy

This collection of poems is offered to every soul who still believes in their own humanity

In an unnamed coastal city home to many refugees

Pajtim Statovci: My Cat Yugoslavia magazine and the notion of exoticismIn 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