Ruta Tannenbaum
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This novel by Croatian writer Miljenko Jergović follows a precocious girl named Ruta. She is loosely inspired by Lea Deutsch, a child performer once celebrated as the country's answer to Shirley Temple and later murdered in the Holocaust. Drawing on a shared Jewish heritage, the author builds a fictional family history peopled by real historical figures, with Ruta at its heart. The story shows everyday life and society in Yugoslavia between the two world wars, a country where old tensions over persecution and war run deep. Stephen Dickey's translation keeps the author's conversational, sharp voice intact.
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