First place Quote by Saša Stanišić

“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

“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

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

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

Never too late to learn a language. And the good literature to come with it.

— Sasa Stanisic

“...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

“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

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

Europe is not becoming more unified - well, yes, on paper - but not as long as the criteria for so many things (import…

— Sasa Stanisic

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

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

“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