Serbian Book Review of Cecilia Brainard's Novel The Newspaper Widow

 

"Journalist" in Serbian

I woke up to the exciting news that the SERBIAN translation of my novel, The Newspaper Widow, was reviewed favorably by Anddelka Cvij for a Serbian publication, Vecernje novosti, Kultura, May 22. 2026, p. 17.

"The writer plays with riddles - that is the charm of this work. The question of its genre is less important than the interweaving of two stories, one about the murder of a priest and the other about a woman journalist. And the paradox in all this is that there are a lot of involuntary information about the lives of all the characters, which flow perfectly natural ... The Journalsit is an ultra modern novel, a story of secrets of life and death colored with the wonderful flora and fauna of the Philippines: a song of silence in the beautiful colors of nature. " ~ Review by Anddelka Cvij fpr the Serbian periodical, Vecernje novosti, Kultura, May 22. 2026, p. 17.

I am delighted that the novel is doing well in this beautiful country in Central Europe (pop 6.6 million people).

English translation of the Serbian review via Google Lens

Here is information about the novel, and I've posted pictures of the review, covers of other translations of the novel, and pictures of some of my foreign publishers.

I also heard the good news that my novel The Newspaper Widow will have forthcoming translations into Indonesian and Portuguese. A Portuguese translation will also happen for the book I edited for Vibal, How I Became a Writer: Essays by Filipino and Filipino American writers.

I am feeling a bit numb from all this good news -- my cup runneth over: I recently received an award and there are several publications forthcoming that include my work; I am grateful to all who have supported my writings and me.

To the Serbian publisher, Nenad Saponja/Agora, thank you.

Thanks also to Agora for submitting a chapter of The Newspaper Widow for publication in the Journal of MATICA SRPSKA (the oldest Serbian literary, cultural and scientific Institution, which featured "Felix Santa Maria". The link to the Serbian journal follows:

https://www.maticasrpska.org.rs/letopis_517_3/

 

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There is more infomation about The Newspaper Widow in this site:

https://ceciliabrainard.com/book/the-newspaper-widow/

Translations of Cecilia Brainard's fiction

At FBM25, Some publishers of Cecilia Brainard's Fiction, l-r: Filip Batkoski, Senja Pozar, Nenad Saponja, Cecila Brainard, Mohamed Radi, Leonardo Garzaro, Dejan

Trajkoski

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Publishers of Cecilia Brainard's Foreign Translations 

Filip Batkoski (Bata Press) 

Leonardo Garzaro (Editor Rua do Sabao) 

Senja Pozar - Literary Agent

Dimitris Tsoukatos (Lemvos Editions) 

Mohamed Radi (Egyptian Office for Publishing and Distribution

Dejan Trajkoski (Prozart Media)

 Nenad Saponja (Agora)

Jale Memmedova (Qanun Publishing House)

Dr. Takuya Matsuda (Genki Shobou)

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