Editors: Vassilis Danellis – Yannis Rangos
Writers:
Boriana Dukova, Emanuel Ikonomov, Andreya Iliev (Bulgaria)
Robert Perisic, Ivan Sršen, Nenad Stipanić (Croatia)
Andreas Apostolides, Vassilis Danellis, Yannis Rangos (Greece)
Lucian-Dragoş Bogdan, Bogdan Hrib, Lucia Verona (Romania)
Djordje Bajic, Verica Vinsent Cole, Marko Popović (Serbia)
Zoran Benčič, Renato Bratkovic, Avgust Demšar (Slovenia)
Ercan Akbay, Cenk Çalışır, Suphi Varim (Turkey)
Introductory essays:
Georgi Tsankov (Literary Critic, Bulgaria), Anera Ryznar (Writer, Croatia), Philippos Philippou (Writer, Greece), Felix Nicolau (Writer, Literary Critic and University Professor, Romania), Mirjana Novakovic (Writer, Serbia), Mojca Pisek (Literary Critic, Slovenia), Algan Sezgintüredi (Writer and Translator, Turkey)
For the first time in the annals of crime fiction, this volume collects short stories by prominent writers of the genre, originating in seven Balkan countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey. The tome comprises twenty one stories, written by an equal number of writers (three per country), that highlight the variety and dynamic of crime fiction in the Balkans over the past decades. Furthermore, this volume includes essays by academics, literary critics and writers, wherein are presented the history, major recurring tendencies, as well as the modern outlook of crime fiction in each participating country.
Pure literary value aside, this original publication offers a unique opportunity to lovers of the genre: to explore an up to recently unmapped literary territory. At the same time, the book probes in depth the themes and storytelling patterns inherent in the writers comprising this Balkan version of noir fiction – BalkaNoir.
The main – and one might say ambitious – goals of the editors, writers and critics participating in the endeavor, are to encourage communication between Balkan writers, to jumpstart an in-depth discussion on Balkan crime fiction, as well as create a driving force for further translations of Balkan crime stories.
Kastaniotis, 2018, 432 p.
