The Scent of Rain in the Balkans

Kuić has courageously plunged into an unusual topic one which has not been touched upon in Yugoslav literature so far. In her attempt to show the destiny of a Sephardic Jewish family living on Bosnian soil in Sarajevo the author has gone much further: she shows the inevitability of historical developments; she paints history as a monster who continually returns in cycles but also as a joker who readily changes the colours of its mosaic pieces.”– David Albahari writer Belgrade“It is not Jewish it is not Yugoslav. It is about all people and it is about the importance of family told in a tough-minded way by a woman whose ancestors were survivors. The Scent of Rain in the Balkans is universal.”