Summary of The PelicanÂ
Andrej is a postman in a small Croatian coastal town in the 1980s. To supplement his income and stay informed about local events, he secretly opens the letters he is supposed to deliver. He uses this information to blackmail Josip, the driver of the town’s cable train. However, when Josip discovers Andrej’s illicit activities, he begins to blackmail Andrej in return.
Reasons to read The PelicanÂ
“The Pelican” is a tragi-comic tale of friendship and betrayal, set against the tumultuous political backdrop of Yugoslavia in the late 1980s. Martin Michael Driessen is a Dutch writer who won the ECI Literature Prize (formerly the AKO prize) in 2016 for his collection of short stories “Rivers”.
Setting: Croatia
Book set in Croatia: an unnamed Croatian town on the Adriatic coast.
Original title: De Pelikaan
Year of publication: 2017
Nr of pages: 239
