The Banquet in Blitva
| Author | Miroslav Krleža |
|---|---|
| Original title | Banket u Blitvi |
| Translator | Edward Dennis Goy & Jasna Levinger-Goy |
| Language | Croatian |
| Genre | political satire |
Publication date | See below |
| Publication place | Kingdom of Yugoslavia (first and second books) SFR Yugoslavia (third book) |
Published in English | 2004 |
| Pages | 337 |
| ISBN | 9780810118621 English version only |
The Banquet in Blitva: A Novel in Three Books (Croatian: Banket u Blitvi: roman u tri knjige) is a political novel by Miroslav Krleža. The story takes place in the fictitious northeastern European nation of Blitva, which, after centuries of foreign rule and political instability, has become a newly independent state under a dictatorship headed by Colonel Kristian Barutanski. The novel is generally regarded as a satire of interwar Yugoslavia.