Summary of The Walnut Mansion
“The Walnut Mansion” is a sweeping, multi-generational novel centred on the life of Regina Delavale, a Croatian woman, and the intertwined lives of her family members. Spanning from the early 20th century to the dawn of the 21st, it weaves their personal stories into the broader fabric of Croatian history, offering vivid insight into the region’s complex and turbulent past.
Reasons to read The Walnut Mansion
“The Walnut Mansion” is a beautiful family saga set in the Balkans, primarily in Dubrovnik. It is a kaleidoscope of 20th century Yugoslavian history, from the days when Croatia and Bosnia were still part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, through two World Wars, communist Yugoslavia, and finally the end of the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. Miljenko Jergović is a renowned Croatian-Bosnian writer. He won many literary prizes in the Balkan region. “The Walnut Mansion” was awarded the Kočić’s Pen Award.
Setting: Dubrovnik (Croatia) & Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Original title: Dvori od oraha
Year of publication: 2003
Nr of pages: 456
