Ksenija Premur – CONFESSIONS OF A STRANGER

A book Confessions of a Stranger is an impressive novel about a stranger coming to Croatia during the civil war where he meets numerous people who were greatly affected by war atrocities. Amongst them is Ana, a woman who suffered her father’s and her husband’s deaths and who came to Zagreb in a refugee convoy with her mother and son. She is suffering from a serious depression, and a stranger, whose name is not mentioned and who is having a dialogue with his other Self – which is his life story – invites her to move in with him. With no consideration for Ana’s condition, her boy’s growing up and her sick mother, the stranger is playing a diabolical game, as back home he is married with two children. This novel is dedicated to fates of war affected people.