“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… — 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… — Saša Stanišić Copy Share Image
For example, an author whose parents fled a war but he himself was born in the country where they fled to, and that is… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
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… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
