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Poignant allegory of Yugoslav collapse
Tina Stivicic’s 3 Winters provides a gripping account of the impact of societal collapse in the former socialist state, says Michal Boncza

3 Winters at the National Theatre, London SE1

5/5

Tena Stivicic “was born in Yugoslavia but woke up in Croatia,” according to novelist Dubravka Ugresic and 3 Winters is a painfully honest, insightful and deeply intelligent stab at reconciling this personal and historic fissure.

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