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The novel Unterstadt tells the story of an urban family of German origin living in Osijek from the end of the nineteenth till the end of the twentieth century. It is narrated through the portrayal of the destinies of four generations of women - a great grandmother, a grandmother, mother, and a daughter - their shattered illusions, the education of their children, the historical events that brutally lash out at them. Ivana Šojat-Kuči creates a world rich in detail and nuance, all her characters, both major and minor, are expressive and suggestive, abundant in virtues and flaws, complex and multi-dimensional. By depicting a clash of generations through the female characters of a family, the author creates a world in which, often due to bizarre strokes of fate or wrongly selected life-cards, both horrible and beautiful events occur. Yet the central theme, running through all the generations and all the characters, is that of hiding away from the past, concealing it, which sooner or later leads to traumas and misunderstandings. Unterstadt is a book about a family and a town, written in the manner of the best and greatest modernist novels. Through the history of one family, it speaks of the twentieth century in a multiethnic town, of dictatorships, of wrongly selected sides, of fate which one can hardly defy. Unterstadt reveals the richness of Ivana Šojat-Kuči’s narrative talent, and it is thus not surprising that she has emerged as one of the most interesting writers of contemporary Croatian prose. A play based on the novel won more than 20 theater awards and it is considered as one of the best plays in Croatian theatrical history. Awards: Vladimir Nazor Award 2010 Ksaver Šandor Gjalski Award 2010 Fran Galović Award 2010 Josip and Ivan Kozarac Award 2010 Rights sold to: Bulgaria, Perseus Macedonia, I.P. Zojder, 2013 Full Italian translation available
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Unterstadt na Osječkom ljetu kulture Nagrađivani Unterstadt Ivane Šojat-Kuči u dramatizaciji Nives Madunić Barišić, režiji Zlatka Svibena te izvedbi osječkog Hrvatskog narodnog kazališta 29. lipnja otvara ovogodišnje Osječko ljeto kulture. Program Osječkog ljeta kulture traje do 13. srpnja na dvanaest lokacija u osječkoj Tvrđi. Roman Unterstadt pripovijeda priču građanske obitelji nje¬mačkih korijena u Osijeku od početka do kraja dvadesetog stoljeća kroz sudbine četiriju generacija žena – prabake, bake, majke i kćeri – gdje se isprepleću njihove propale iluzije, odgoj djece te povijesni događaji koji ih nemilice šibaju.