Where You Come from

By Saša Stanišić, Damion Searls (translator),

Book cover of Where You Come from

Book description

Longlisted for the 2022 National Book Award

A Washington Post, Chicago Review of Books, Kirkus, and Christian Science Monitor Best Book of the Month

“Inventive, funny and moving.” ―The New York Times Book Review

Translated from the German by Damion Searls

Winner of the German Book Prize, Saša Stanišic’s inventive…

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Why read it?

1 author picked Where You Come from as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

The novel about refugees of ethnic cleansing considers how where you come from shapes your life. It combines darkness with humor with real and imagined memories.