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    612-822-4611

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Srb, Lika: A portrait of a small village

Srb, Lika: A portrait of a small village

Jovanovic, Angelia
Knezevic, Miki

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ISBN13: 9798634962061
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 14 2020
Pages: 114
Weight: 0.36
Height: 0.24 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
Srb, Lika, is a memoir with short stories and photos. In this book, Miki Knezevic delves into the lives of a group of relatives from a Serbian village in today's Croatia, formerly Yugoslavia. Today's Srb has its roots in the late 1700s in the military frontier between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. Serbian soldiers were given plots of land in these borderlands if they would protect the Austrians from the yearly incursions of the massive Ottoman army. The Serbians were to become the frontline fodder in protecting the Austrians against the Turks. Deemed second-class citizens, the Serbs were not immune to Austrian tax collectors or to government demands. Life was never easy under the Austro/Hungarian Empire nor under the trying times and different rulers of Srb in World War I, World War II and the Communist era. In telling the creative non-fiction stories of her family, Knezevic also explores the history, customs, religion and wanderings of the villagers, particularly the tales of her parents and their siblings.Both parents emigrated to the United States, although at different times. They settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, had a family and continued to help relatives both in Srb and in the United States. From her initial visit to Srb as a young girl in l958, Knezevic has visited Srb at least seven times. In Srb, Lika, A portrait of a small village, Knezevic recounts the meeting of her relatives, their life stories and the relationships that developed between aunts, uncles, cousins in Srb and her family in the United States. The stories are sometimes sad, sometimes tragic, sometimes funny, but most often display the love of a woman in meeting the characters that were and are her ancestors and family.

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