Radno čitanje: Vid Barić

Working Reading: Vid Barić reading session Venue: City Library Rijeka Time: Sunday, 20 July at 20:00 Organizer: City Library Rijeka Participant: Vid Barić Audience: youth, adults Registration: via the form here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfS5cpqG8v7EwY7dj3hyVUa5l7TSzH5w4H0xUYiZfTEf-jvVw/viewform Everyone has, at least once, wanted to leave everything behind — failed relationships, bad jobs, and everyday disappointments. That is exactly what the protagonist of Letters from Beijing wants: a dissatisfied journalist, stuck in a difficult professional and personal situation, who gets the opportunity to travel to China. A departure to Beijing seems like the perfect chance for a fresh start and a better life. But while he gathers documents and plans the journey, the reader is gradually revealed a mosaic of romantic, private, and professional entanglements, intertwined with brilliantly written reflections on the modern world, journalism, relationships, and love. Vid Barić, one of the most distinctive and original voices in contemporary Croatian literature, writes openly, with humor and a dose of honesty that can sometimes be unsettling. Letters from Beijing is not a travel book, but a story about escape that ultimately speaks about returning to oneself, to one’s ideals, and to a life we sometimes wish to abandon. If you enjoy stories that make you laugh but also hit you right in the gut, and authors who write without filters, Letters from Beijing is a novel that will…