A book is not only written - after it's finished it starts writing you, the writer. You become its notebook, its sheet of paper on which it forces you to think and rethink your original ideas, your topics, your research,… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
“If only I were a magician who could make things possible. I'd give objects the gift of defiance: banisters, gramaphones, guns, the napes of… — Saša Stanišić Copy Share Image
“The dead are lonelier than the living ever can be. They can't hear each other through coffins and the earth…When I die I'd like… — Saša Stanišić Copy Share Image
I just feel much more secure about whatever I write if I stand with one foot in reality - meaning if the stories I… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
The reason for writing that essay was less a personal agenda than an attempt to explain my unease with the general label of "immigrant… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
Never too late to learn a language. And the good literature to come with it. — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
“...someone ought to invent a tool, a kind of plane to shave the lies away from stories and deception away from memories. I'm a… — Saša Stanišić Copy Share Image
“If I were a magician who could make things possible, then pictures could talk while we painted them. If I were a magaician who could make things possible, then houses could keep their promises. And they would have to promise not to lose their roofs or go up in flames. If I were a magician who could make things possible,… — Saša Stanišić Copy Share
For example, an author whose parents fled a war but he himself was born in the country where they fled to, and that is where he went to school and college before he wrote his first book of poetry in the language of this country - he should be labeled as: "Author whose parents fled a war but he himself… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share
Europe is not becoming more unified - well, yes, on paper - but not as long as the criteria for so many things (import… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
Something as radical as a war can only be understood (if at all) through the collaboration of journalists, academia, artists and, of course, people. — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
Given that the label "immigrant literature" is already established, unavoidable for anyone with a migrant background and used in any given context, I strongly… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
“If I were a magician who could make things possible, I'd have lemonade always tasting as it did on the evening Francesco explained how right it was for the Italian moon to be a feminine moon. If I were a magician who could make things possible, we'd be able to understand all languages every evening between eight and nine. If… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share
