ABOUT THE BOOK
The novel White City is an unforgettable journey which connects magic mythology, love and discovery of once path. It is a story of love, betrayal, freedom and happiness, and is full of twists and surprises. Mystery and magic of the ancient past is weaved throughout the story. White City is not a fairy tale. It is a book of life, relationships, hopes and dreams. In White City, readers can find analogies to modern life and the world, as well as reflections of their own feelings and experiences. White City explores complex relationships, such as those between family members, spouses, and friends. The overarching theme of the novel is about following our own dreams and beliefs.
The story weaves together Slavic and ancient Greek mythology, creating a unique atmosphere.
The main heroine is a young woman who is married to a tribal leader, and highly situated in society. Disagreements between the spouses begin to grow when Basha meets a mysterious traveler during a caravan’s passage through the village. From him, she learns the story of the White City. She decides to leave the village and embark on a journey in search of the mysterious city.
Give yourself to this epic adventure and discover whether Basha will find peace and happiness in the White City.
WHERE TO BUY
In Serbia: Čigoja Publishing order
Bookstores: Dereta, Vulkan, Delfi, Laguna, Aleksandar Belić, Akademija and others.
Outside of Serbia: Serbica Books order
In Toronto, you can buy the book at the Stari grad store , Etobicoke and in Studio Charm café, 621b The Queensway, Etobicoke, Toronto.
ABOUT THE AUTOR
The novel The White City is Vesna Nedi(née Nešić) first novel. She was born in Belgrade, where she lived until 1999 when she immigrated to Canada. She lives in Toronto with her family.
Vesna is professionally a civil engineer. From her early youth, writing was her hobby, along with journalism. During her student days, she was the editor of the student newspaper at the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Belgrade. She sometimes worked at Studio B radio station in Belgrade, Serbia and wrote for kids’ magazine Politikin Zabavnik.
After moving to Canada, she occasionally wrote for Novine Toronto. In 2014, she published a collection of fantasy stories At the End of the World and Other Stories (bilingual in Serbian and English), which she described as a tribute to her childhood.
In 2014, Vesna founded the Serbian-Canadian magazine SAN, with the mission of preserving Serbian culture, language, and identity within the diaspora. For ten years she has remained the Editor-in-Chief and a journalist in SAN magazine.
SAN magazine is published quarterly in Toronto, in print and digital editions. In 2020, SAN launched the podcast program in Serbian and English, promoting Serbian culture, tradition, and people.
In 2021, Vesna was awarded the Gold Badge by the Office for Cooperation with the Diaspora, under the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for her long-standing contribution to developing cultural activities in the Serbian diaspora in Canada.
PRAISE
“Although this is her first book, Vesna Nedić, with the refined nerve of an experienced writer, reconstructs a long-past epoch of humanity to extract traditional human values from it, with love as the only reliable ally at all times, which will defend the hard-earned achievements of civilization…”
Laura Barna
Author
“I traveled to the White City with Basha, a girl of strong spirit. It was an unusual conquest of freedom, beyond the bounds of time, in the age of the old Slavs, our ancestors. Books in which you travel and with which you travel prove that we have many realities at our disposal and are not condemned only to this one, apparent reality. The White City’ is one these alternate realities. This exciting story about the conquest of freedom will leave no one indifferent.”
Vesna Aleksić
Author
“From the novel emanates its discreet but central meaning — that the human soul remains unchanged through millennia… interweaving bonds between distant past, present, and future…”
Vitomir Teofilović
Author and Literary Critique
“This novel is woven with threads of the human soul, feelings, and dreams. Through it, connections intertwine between ancient past, the present, and the future. The author plays with a story that unfolds in the time before the common era with analogies to today’s world — such as social relationships, women’s emancipation, LGBT, life in immigration, and others. Contemporary readers experience reflection through this story set in ancient times, which was also one of the author’s goals.”
Bojan Marković
Associate Professor, PhD at the Teacher Education Faculty in Belgrade
MEDIA & PROMOTION
On April 12, 2024, the promotion of the debut novel White City by author Vesna Nedić was held in Toronto. The event was presented by Dragana Živić Ilić, professor of literature and president of the Serbian-Canadian Writers Association “Desanka Maksimović,” and Violeta Dimitrijević, literary critic and essayist. The program was hosted by Tamara Miličić Grbić from the Serbian-Canadian magazine SAN.
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