Herkomst by Saša Stanišić

A lyrical hybrid of memoir and fiction that traces a family's journey from the Yugoslav homeland to life in Germany, weaving vivid anecdotes, historical reflection and playful linguistic experiments. It probes how memory, language and storytelling shape identity and belonging, moving between intimate portraits of relatives and meditations on exile, home and the act of writing itself. Tender, witty and elegiac, the narrative juxtaposes personal memories with broader histories to show how origins are narrated, remade and remembered.