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Provenance of the Heart

The story follows Kirsten, a painter and teacher born in East Berlin. After the death of her father, a once-renowned painter in the GDR, she inherits a painting that had been confiscated by the Stasi. The painting disappeared after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and Kirsten sets out on a journey to find it. Along the way, she encounters Goran, a journalist still grappling with the aftermath of the breakup of socialist Yugoslavia, and Diogo, a musician whose adolescence was shaped by Portugal’s Salazar dictatorship. As her journey unfolds, Kirsten confronts the emotional legacy of life under socialism and the transition that followed. Gradually, she begins to recognize the patterns that have shaped her emotional life and relationships.

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Uroš Goričan

About the author

“I believe that a good view sometimes needs distance.”

I am drawn to stories that explore what remains when the world changes. I enjoy wounded cities, old cafés, and conversations that are in no hurry.
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Biography

Uroš Goričan

For over two decades, writing has been at the center of my creative work, spanning screenwriting, advertising, journalism and translation.

This year marked the publication of my debut novel, Boguizanogu (Godknowswhere), a coming-of-age story set in the summer of 1980, the first summer following the death of Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslavia’s long-standing authoritarian leader.

Throughout my career, my creative practice has been rooted in storytelling and narrative development. I have worked as a screenwriter, script consultant (script doctor), and documentary film producer, exploring different ways of shaping stories and bringing them to life.

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