The Fig Tree is a novel composed of the intertwining stories of the
family of Jadran, a 30-something who tries to piece together the
story of his relatives in order to better understand himself.
Because he cannot understand why Anja walked out of their shared
life, he tries to understand the suspicious death of his
grandfather and the withdrawal of his grandmother into oblivion and
dementia. With all his might, Jadran tries to understand the
departure of his father in the first year of the war in the Balkans
as he also tries to comprehend his mother, with her bewildering
resentment of his grandfather, and her silent disappointment with
his father. The Fig Tree is a multigenerational family saga, a tour
de force spanning three generations from the mid-20th century
through the Balkans wars of the 90s until present day. Vojnovic is
a master storyteller, and while fateful choices made by his
characters are often dictated by the historical realities of the
times they live in, at its heart this is an intimate story of
family, of relationships, of love and freedom and the choices we
make.
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