Books from Slovenia
16 popular slovenian books
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from Slovenia.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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The Sublime Object of Ideology by Slavoj Žižek EN
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In this provocative and original work, Slavoj _i_ek takes a look at the question of human agency in a postmodern world. From the sinking of the Titanic to Hitchcock’s Rear Window, from the operas of Wagner to science fiction, from Alien to the Jewish Joke, the author’s acute analyses explore the ideological fantasies of wholeness and exclusion which make up human society. _i_ek takes issue with analysts of the postmodern condition from Habermas to Sloterdijk, showing that the idea of a ‘post-ideological’ world ignores the fact that ‘even if we do not take things seriously, we are still doing t... continue
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Philosopher, cultural critic, and agent provocateur Zizek constructs a fascinating new framework to look at the forces of violence in the world.
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You Do Understand (Slovenian Literature Series) by Andrej Blatnik EN
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Partly parables, partly fairy tales, You Do Understand is a comedy of errors for a species of talkers who’ve never learned to listen. This collection of sharp, spare, occasionally absurd, cruel, touching, and yet always generous short-short fictions addresses the fundamental difficulty we have in making the people we love understand what we want and need. Demonstrating that language and intimacy are as much barriers between human beings as ways of connecting them, Andrej Blatnik here provides us with a guided tour of the slips, misunderstandings, and blind alleys we each manage to fall foul of... continue
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Yugoslavia, mi tierra by Goran Vojnovic ES
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When Vladan Borojevic googles the name of his father Nedeljko, a former officer in the Yugoslav People's Army, supposedly killed in the civil war after the decay of Yugoslavia, he unexpectedly discovers a dark family secret which recollects the events of 1991. Seventeen years later, Vladan's discovery that he is the son of a fugitive war criminal sends him off on a journey around the Balkans to find his elusive father. The story of the Borojevic family strings and juxtaposes images of the Balkans past and present, but mainly deals with the tragic fates of people who managed to avoid the bombs,... continue
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Zumbidos en la cabeza by Drago Jancar ES
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En la prisión de Maribor, en Eslovenia, Keber, líder histórico de la revuelta de Livada (una penitenciaría en Montenegro), fue encarcelado en el verano de 1975. Se confía con gran detalle al narrador, deseoso de transcribir la crónica de este heroico levantamiento, desencadenado durante la retransmisión de un partido de baloncesto. Keber, que tiene sentido de leyenda, no puede evitar establecer un paralelo con el asedio de Masada en Judea, en el siglo I. Durante siete meses, mil judíos se enfrentaron a ocho mil romanos que los rodearon en... continue