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Poignant allegory of Yugoslav collapse
Tina Stivicic’s 3 Winters provides a gripping account of the impact of societal collapse in the former socialist state, says Michal Boncza
MIGUEL YOSHIDA explains the evolution and influence of the Cuban Casa De Las Americas in joining culture to the revolutionary struggle
ANDY HEDGECOCK is charmed by a skilful adaptation of Tove Jansson’s lyrical portrait of three generations of a family, overcoming grief
ALEX HALL treads warily through a messy, dialectical struggle fought in the mundane machinery of driving licences, criminal law, and birth registries
MICHAL BONCZA, FIONA O’CONNOR, JAMES WALSH and ANGUS REID review Atlas of Disappearance, Love Me Tender, Bouchra, and This Tempting Madness
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3 Winters at the National Theatre, London SE1
5/5
Tena Stivicic “was born in Yugoslavia but woke up in Croatia,” according to novelist Dubravka Ugresic and 3 Winters is a painfully honest, insightful and deeply intelligent stab at reconciling this personal and historic fissure.
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