Pajtim Statovci: My Cat Yugoslavia MIT Press It is the second in

It is the second in a series of volumes titled An Archaeology of Listening

Perilous Power: The Middle East and US Foreign Policy (2008)

and historian Nathaniel Flakin dedicate this book to Rosa Luxemburg

Texts by: Magalí Arriola

Galerie & Edition Marlene Frei

Pajtim Statovci: My Cat Yugoslavia MIT Press It is the second inIn 1980s Yugoslavia, a young girl named Emine is married off to a man she hardly knows. But soon her country is torn apart by war, and she is forced to flee with her family. Decades later Emines son, Bekim, has grown up a social outcast in a country suspicious of foreigners. Aside from casual hook ups, his only companion is a pet boa constrictor until one night in a gay bar, Bekim meets a talking cat. It is this witty, charming, manipulative creature