In Avala Is Falling, Jovanovic's breakout success in 1978, a young
woman challenges the expectations that teachers, parents, bus
drivers, and doctors have for her. The "Avala" of the title refers
to a mountain south of Belgrade which is home to some of Serbia's
most important nationalist monuments and shrines; it is also the
site of the main mental hospital for the region, and its "falling"
is the unexpected fulfillment of a prophecy from a traditional
Serbian folk song. Jovanovic's use of stream of consciousness in
her characters' thinking and speaking, as well as of
intertextuality in description and plot advancement heralded the
arrival of an innovative new writer who was determined to break
with the of traditional concerns of earlier women writers. This
book is now recognized as much more than "jeans prose," although
the fame the book achieved under that characterization eventually
pushed it to cult status. Jovanovic is now considered a major
avant-garde writer, whose stylistic innovations were as challenging
as her women-centered themes.
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