Summary
Damir Zlatar Frey: Mama Medeya or Frozen May Flowers
The main character of Damir Zlatar Frey's novel Mama Medeya is at a great turning point. Haunted by the ghosts of the unburied past, Lobel goes to San Francisco, a city where he tries to build a new life and achieve a great musical career. Skillfully interweaving the American everyday life of the main character with memories of tragic events that marked his previous life in Baranja and Zagreb, Damir Zlatar Frey leads us to the furious denouement, the moment when Lobel returns to his homeland. Bringing up the great topic of sexual diversity, through the story of the novel's protagonist's self-awareness, Damir Zlatar Frey impressively presents us with how arduous that path is and what dangers it brings, especially in a society that mercilessly satirizes any diversity. Touching and deeply humane, the novel Mama Medea tells an unsurpassed story about the lives of stigmatized people, but it also talks about the fragile power of social solidarity, empathy and art, which alone can bring us freedom.
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