Catharine's tragectory in life is accompanied by failures in
love, family traumas and an incredible romance with handsome Sinisa. The
novel takes us through turbulent times in the Balkan region, from the
eighties to the present day, portraying growing up in the twilight of
communism, and giving intimate insights into all that happened to the
region after that.
Carefully crafted characters and masterful, dynamic storytelling place Catherine the Great and the Small in the
company of the very best of novels , which speak about the reality of
their geographic setting and are remembered for their convincing,
strong, maladjusted characters. Catherine is certainly one of them:
a powerful female voice seeking her place within her family, among
friends, in the cities she lives in, and constructing her unique
identity as a daughter, granddaughter, friend, mistress, wife and a
mother.