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Jurica Pavii (born 1965) is a Croatian writer, scriptwriter, and journalist, living in Split. He has written seven novels, two collections of short stories and essays. His work has been translated into five languages, but Red Water is his first novel to be translated into English. Matt Robinson, born in the UK in 1978, lives in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Formerly a foreign correspondent with Reuters, he now works as a freelance editor and literary translator. Red Water is the second novel he has translated.
""A brilliant cocktail of mystery and recent history, compellingly told."" Kirkus ""A masterpiece!"" Libération ""As inspiring as the Swedes Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. Pavičic brilliantly resorts to the noir novel to accompany ordinary lives caught in the collapse of communism, the rise of nationalism and the shock of wars."" Le Monde ""The city of Split is more than a setting, almost a character. A tourist mirage in the summer, the Croatian port is confronted, out of season, with the aftermath of war, deindustrialization, and all kinds of depravity. Beyond the family drama and the police investigation, the metamorphosis of Croatia interests Pavičic."" Telerama ""Pavičic superimpose a family drama and an outstanding, skilful historical fresco, while never, not even for a second, sacrificing the suspense of a good crime novel... Remarkable book."" Le Figaro""Existentialist crime novel? It's an Adriatic blues.""--Le Nouvel ObservateurThis finely engineered, haunting novel has been deservedly garlanded with awards."" ---Financial Times""The best crime fiction of 2025 so far -- our critics' top new books for May. In 1989, Croatia was part of Yugoslavia, but the villages of the Dalmatian coast, with their spectacular beaches, were about to be drawn into civil war. In this outstanding novel, Jurica Pavicic uses the unsolved disappearance of a teenage girl, Silva, to document the impact of the conflict.--Times/ Sunday Times""Memorable for its psychological insights, moral weight, and Tolstoyian quality (without the length). This is the only one of his nine novels I have read. His work deserves translation."" The Critic
