FORBIDDEN BREAD(ISBN=) 英文原版

　　“Forbidden Bread is a sunny, can-do look at intense culture
shock. Debeljak makes a humorous, self-effacing guide to her own
story and the only complaint I have is that I wish she’d told us
more. I hope someday she gives us a sequel.”
　　—Christian Science Monitor
　　
　　”[Forbidden Bread is] a touching record of the mores of a country
that remains a strange, unknown land to most Western readers. Witty
and warm.”
　　—Kirkus Reviews
　　
　　[Debeljak’s] memoir functions as a love letter to her husband and
an introduction to the Slovenian world, its language, social
customs and tangled history (Slovenia, formerly part of Yugoslavia,
officially became a nation-state in 1991)… [T]he author offers an
intriguing story about the birth of a new state as well as the
‘series of coincidences, mishaps, and thunderbolts’ that led [her]
from Brooklyn to Ljubljana.”
　　—Publishers Weekly
　　
　　“Erica Johnson Debeljak takes us on a journey of love to, of all
places, Slovenia. Her story is at once adventurous, romantic, and
humorous . . . Along the way are many eye-opening tours of a place
that is both as enchanting and absurd as Peter Mayle’s
Provence.”
　　—Amy Wallen, author of MoonPies and Movie Stars
　　
　　“Out of a clash of cultures comes a book of wit and fascinating
observations. Forbidden Bread says as much about the United States
as it does about Slovenia. Informative and often funny, it opens a
window onto a world of drastic differences and surprising
similarities.”
　　—Slavenka Drakulic, author of How We Survived Communism and Even
Laughed
　　
　　“With an observant eye and intelligent cultural insights, Erica
Johnson Debeljak leads the reader through her story of leaving New
York to marry a black-haired Slavic poet. I learned much about the
region that was once Yugoslavia and I learned it in the best
possible way—through an engaging and well-told story. She is a
delightful narrator and an entertaining guide.”
　　—Judith Barrington, author of Lifesaving
　　
　　“Erica Johnson Debeljak has written a witty and lyrical memoir,
filled with deep love for her adopted country and Slovenian family.
Whether she’s explaining what “forbidden bread” means or why
tending graves is a passionate national pastime or rebelling
against na iroko (a form of triple diapering), she writes with
exuberance and depth.”
　　—Shelf Awareness
　　
　　”[Erica Johnson Debeljak] uses her own story as the backdrop for
Slovenia’s story, with its tumultuous history and rich,
poetry-filled culture. From her battles with power-abusing
bureaucrats, to worries about bombs falling on her wedding day, to
ethnic jokes and fussing in-laws, Debeljak provides layers of
detail that let the reader really understand what it would be like
to live in a land so foreign. This is arm-chair travel at its
best—a trip to the true heart of a country.”
　　—The Internet Review of Books
　　
　　“Part a reverse mail-order bride story, part a history/geography
lesson, and part a family account, Forbidden Bread is above all a
tribute to the lengths people go to for love.”
　　—LuxuryReading.com