Adaptation as Emigration: Different Paths to Americanization in Miljenko Jergović’s “Buick Rivera” and Goran Rušinović’s Film Adaptation

The following essay compares the novel Buick Rivera (2002), written by Bosnian Croat author Miljenko Jergović, and its 2008 film adaptation by Goran Rušinović. The novel’s main plot, dealing with the accidental meeting between a Bošnjak (Bosnian Muslim) expatriate and a Bosnian Serb war criminal in...

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Main Authors: Marija Bradaš, Enrico Davanzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Verona 2021-06-01
Series:Iperstoria
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Online Access:https://iperstoria.it/article/view/995