![]() Walking the streets where she grew up, Sara notes the darkness is a “living, tangible substance,” and that the street lamps flicker like the “shy girl at a nightclub.” The book’s images are evocative and captivating: ![]() The foreboding scenes include a crushed sparrow, poisoned dogs, and a stolen bunny. In powerful flashbacks, Sara reconsiders her school days, and her infatuations with both Lejla and Armin. ![]() Though they were inseparable when young, Sara is now startled by her wild, impulsive friend, with her “fake blonde hair” and “icy throne.” One night, Lejla convinces their kind hostess that Sara doesn’t speak Bosnian, and then offers mutilated English translations that mock the woman. ![]() The women travel the Bosnian countryside, including the village where they grew up, on their way to Zagreb and Vienna. When Sara receives an unexpected call from her childhood friend, Lejla, it lures her back to Bosnia, and to drive across Eastern Europe and visit Lejla’s exiled brother, Armin. Ensconced in an apartment with Leonard Cohen records and a stubborn avocado tree, Sara is now a writer and translator, while Michael writes computer code. ![]() Sara fled Bosnia to build a new life in Dublin with her boyfriend, Michael. In Lana Bastašić’s inventive, passionate novel Catch the Rabbit, childhood friends reunite for a road trip from Bosnia to Vienna. ![]()
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