(Reviewed by JD Jung)
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“She cried because her son didn’t love her, because her husband didn’t love her, because she felt lost at work, because the country was a total mess and had no future…”
These words of desperation are from the short story “The 8th of March” but is emblematic of many of the seven stories in this piece of Macedonian literature, I’m Not Going Anywhere.
Some of the characters have visited other countries, only to be disappointed when they return to their home country of Macedonia. Others have left for a better life elsewhere (like Phoenix, Arizona, in the story “Cherokee Red”) only to eventually feel disenchanted.
Some stories focus on jealous friends, cheating husbands and wives, and other conditions from daily life. You may not particularly like all the protagonists, and some you may even feel sorry for, but you’ll be drawn to them and their stories anyway.
Dark, cynical, and realistic, the stories in I’m Not Going Anywhere will be difficult for you to put down.
