Couldn't get into this, though I really liked the concept.

Travelling on to the winner of the unusual country sweeps.

My favourite, aposite, quote from this:

"One cannot forever cart one's library around on one's back like a snail. "

Thank you, totally unknown author to me so far :)

Had the same problem, couldn't get into this. I read the first three stories but had to give up in the middle of the 4th as it just wasn't working for me...

Let's see how the winner of the next round of unusual country author sweeps feels about this!

Just arrived.
I'll try it out and let you both know! ;-)

Browsing the books I could possibly send out to the latest winner of the unusual country author sweeps, I stumbled on this one.
I think that at the time the same thing as described in the previous JEs happened to me, because I had a bookmark just after the 3rd story. But I didn't remember it at all, so I decided to give it another go and it kind of surprised me. I decided This was the one I was going to sent out, after reading it to the end (and that's why I took a bit more time doing so, than stated in the forum).
Now, I wouldn't state this to be a masterpiece of the genre, but I quite liked the stories, this time around. And very much so the author's postscript at the end.
Never having read a serbian author, I ws glad I did and I liked having a glimpse of life (and death) of several characters across several centuries and places, but also of yugoslavian Serbia.
Here's a nice piece of review about this book, that pretty much translates my own opinion but in a better writing...

Here it goes off again, in another round of the same sweeps.
I do hope you like it and hope you have loads of fun with all the books that are set to arrive. This one will go surface mail, so please be patient.

Well this looks very intriguing. Thank you