Description: With unapologetic vividness, Lejla Kalamujic depicts pre- and post-war Sarajevo by charting a daughter coping with losing her mother, but discovering herself. From imagined conversations with Franz Kafka to cozy apartments, psychiatric wards, and cemeteries, Call Me Esteban is a piercing meditation on a woman grasping at memories in the name of claiming her identity.
Review Quotes: "Playful yet piercing, these linked stories weave queer identity with the bitter aftertaste of the Balkan wars . . . Kalamujic takes autofiction to the next level." --Hamilton Cain, Oprah Daily