The Final Word (novel)


The Final Word is a bestseller novel by Bosnian writer Zlatko Topčić. It was published in 2011 by Europapress Holding & Novi Liber.

Recognition

It received the Hasan Kaimija Award for best book published in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2011 and 2012, and the Skender Kulenović Award for best book published in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2011.
The novel was labeled "the decisive work of post-Yugoslav engagement prose". Critics wrote that it is "a great world literature" from "a great world writer".

Translations

The French translation was published in 2016 and was ranked first on the lists of international bestsellers of BookDaily and Goodreads in 2017, became the first novel from Southeast Europe to appear on that lists.