Excursion to the Sky by Grozdana Olujic
An Excursion to the Sky by Grozdana Olujic. 1961 Dutton, first U.S. edition, 156 pages. Olujic was a Serbian author of novels, essays, fairy tales, and children's books. Excursion was her debut novel, published when she was twenty-four years old and inspired comparisons to Francoise Sagan (but make it bleak) and criticism from the "socialist realism" school of thought.
Condition: Jacket VG, some wear, book VG, glue residue on front pastedown, shelf wear
"At that moment I wasn't exactly dying to think of myself. Thinking about oneself, of one thinks honestly, is no special pleasure. I've generally left that satisfaction to other people."
An Excursion to the Sky by Grozdana Olujic. 1961 Dutton, first U.S. edition, 156 pages. Olujic was a Serbian author of novels, essays, fairy tales, and children's books. Excursion was her debut novel, published when she was twenty-four years old and inspired comparisons to Francoise Sagan (but make it bleak) and criticism from the "socialist realism" school of thought.
Condition: Jacket VG, some wear, book VG, glue residue on front pastedown, shelf wear
"At that moment I wasn't exactly dying to think of myself. Thinking about oneself, of one thinks honestly, is no special pleasure. I've generally left that satisfaction to other people."