MOON WALKING

Often funny, sometimes tragic but always original and insightful, this new, entertaining collection of short fiction includes nine award-winning tales. Barbara's writing is bold, clear and distinctive.Take a trip from the former Yugoslavia to the 'new' Croatia and continue on to New Zealand. Feel Ivan's fear when German soldiers invade his village in 1943; visit Goli Otok, Marshall Tito's Private Concentration Camp where Jak spends his 22nd birthday, and imagine the boy who was given shrapnel instead of sweets during the Homeland war in 1993.A must read for the lover of short fiction.'Entertaining, perceptive, funny and thought-provoking slices of life, history and fantasy drawn from author Barbara Unkovic's rich Croatian heritage and vivid imagination.' Andrew Grant.