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David Albahari (1948), a writer and translator from Serbia, has published ten collections of short stories and twelve novels in Serbian, including Leeches (novel, 2005) and Shadows (short stories, 2006).

In 1994 he moved to Calgary, Canada, with his wife and two children. They still live there.
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Calendar

August 2010

26-31 - Opatija, Croatia: Beyahad (Jewish cultural scene).

August 28 - Hotel Balatura, Tribalj, Croatia: Reading

Buy David's Books

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Assorted texts

It is not easy to be a firefly, she whispered to the napkin. Then her shoulders began to shake with sobs, and the barman had to call a cab to take her home. He gave her a sack of peanuts for the road, and while she licked the salt from the big nuts and stared at the shimmering neon lights, Eva promised herself that she would go back and start over again.