Tea Hacic-Vlahovic

Set in the punk-rock scene of the early 2000s, a sharply observed, darkly comic literary novel about how far one young woman will go to find acceptance Kat is dying to be accepted by the North Carolina punks; she is totally desperate to seem cool. At a punk show, she ends up backstage with a rock star and gets noticed by a photojournalist. And then--a dream come true for Kat--her reputation skyrockets the next morning when an online magazine publishes pictures of her backstage, deeming her a groupie icon. But to maintain this notoriety, Kat makes a series of devastating mistakes, and soon enough, she becomes unrecognizable to herself and others. The truth, as always, comes out. Kat had already lost most of her friends by then, and after the Rolling Stones story, she's got no shot at redemption so she runs off to New York City to find the journalist who started this mess in the first place. Tea Hacic-Vlahovic's A Cigarette Lit Backwards is a sometimes funny, often brutally honest examination of growing up. It's dark and daring, unflinchingly examining the yearning to be noticed and accepted and the lengths one will go to get there.

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A Cigarette Lit Backwards

L'anima della festa

Life of the Party is a darkly humorous narrative set in Milan. The story swan dives into the underbelly of Milanese fashion and nightlife, through the eyes of Mia, a young expat. She came to Milan to escape her problems but only found new and more glamorous ones. Mia indulges in the highs and lows that drugs and men can offer, only to be left with herself in the end. Can you lose your innocence if you never had it in the first place? Tragic, fun, and artful-- Hacic-Vlahovic crafts a Beat novel for the Instagram generation. Life of the Party will leave you with a hangover and a "VIP" stamp on your heart. PRAISE FOR LIFE OF THE PARTY "Tea Hacic is an MDMA-fueled Oscar Wilde with fake eyelashes and this book is a Fear and Loathing for the late Berlusconi-era; a deep walk of shame that tiptoes between a bewildering Bildungsroman and a fever dream of social climbing and social embarrassment." OLIVER KUPPER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF AUTRE MAGAZINE "A recollection of youth as seen through the dichotomy of control vs desperation, Americana vs. Milanese, luxury vs poverty and uppers vs downers." BJ PANDA BEAR AT FLAUNT MAGAZINE "Tea recounts with brutal honesty the period in which Milan officially became the Italian city that everyone hates and envies." VICE ITALY

Life of the Party



L'anima della festa è una dark comedy cupissima ambientata a Milano.

Tutto ruota intorno a Mia che giovane espatriata americana è arrivata nella capitale del Nord all'inizio degli anni 2000 per tuffarsi nel mondo della moda e della vita notturna milanese. È venuta in Italia per sfuggire ai suoi problemi ma ne ha trovati solo di nuovi e più glamour.

Coinquiline che come lei mangiano solo junk food per risparmiare i soldi per un cocktail, case che sembrano baracche ma costano come suite, lavori molto cool ma super precari, fidanzati inaffidabili. Mia si abbandona agli alti e bassi che la droga e gli uomini possono offrire, solo per rimanere sempre e di nuovo sola con se stessa. Puoi perdere l'innocenza se non l'hai mai avuta?

Tragico, divertente e acuto: Hacic-Vlahovic crea un romanzo Beat per la generazione di Instagram.

La regina della festa vi lascerà in hangover e un timbro VIP sul cuore.

L'anima della festa 

Set in the punk-rock scene of the early 2000s, a sharply observed, darkly comic literary novel about how far one young woman will go to find acceptance Kat is dying to be accepted by the North Carolina punks; she is totally desperate to seem cool. At a punk show, she ends up backstage with a rock star and gets noticed by a photojournalist. And then—a dream come true for Kat—her reputation skyrockets the next morning when an online magazine publishes pictures of her backstage, deeming her a groupie icon. But to maintain this notoriety, Kat makes a series of devastating mistakes, and soon enough, she becomes unrecognizable to herself and others. The truth, as always, comes out. Kat had already lost most of her friends by then, and after the Rolling Stones story, she's got no shot at redemption so she runs off to New York City to find the journalist who started this mess in the first place. Tea Hacic-Vlahovic’s A Cigarette Lit Backwards is a sometimes funny, often brutally honest examination of growing up. It’s dark and daring, unflinchingly examining the yearning to be noticed and accepted and the lengths one will go to get there.

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