My Home Somewhere Else

"Beautiful . . . hopscotching through the nonlinear narrative, delivering a captivating portrayal of . . . a little-known corner of central Europe, where a mix of Italian and Slavic culture gave rise to unique dialects in cobblestoned villages hugging the Adriatic coast . . . It’s a nuanced and noteworthy depiction of what immigrants leave behind."
—Publishers Weekly

“My Home Somewhere Else is a bildungsroman, or rather a romanzo di formazione, for Amila, who confronts and attempts to come to terms with her feelings for the homeland she left behind . . . Novels about migration often deal not only with the loss of homes, family, and friends but also with the loss of language, which makes them full of opportunities and challenges for translators. Hicks takes full advantage of these openings and rises to these potential pitfalls.”—LA Review of Books Set in Trieste, Italy, but spanning as far as Australia, Federica Marzi’s meditation on emigration, loss, love, and identity weaves together a multigenerational story about how hard it can be to let the wounds of the past heal.

Against the summery backdrop of rugged Adriatic Sea coastline, Amila, a young Bosnian, and Norina, an elderly exile from the region of Istria in Croatia enter one another’s lives. As a blooming youthful love forces Amila to keep secrets, the bitterness of another from decades earlier tears apart two sisters. In the forced and anticipated departures and arrivals that power My Home Somewhere Else, stories of emigration reveal just how much people share in common in their completely separate lives.

• | Author: Federica Marzi, Jim Hicks
• | Publisher: Sandorf Passage
• | Publication Date: Nov 12, 2024
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9789533514772
• | ISBN-10: 9533514779