English books from Slovenia
Recommended English books written by authors from Slovenia (7)
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If you speak English here are some English books from Slovenia for the next part of the "Read Around The World Challenge".
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Alamut takes place in 11th Century Persia, in the fortress of Alamut, where self-proclaimed prophet Hasan ibn Sabbah is setting up his mad but brilliant plan to rule the region with a handful of elite fighters who are to become his "living daggers." By creating a virtual paradise at Alamut, filled with beautiful women, lush gardens, wine and hashish, Sabbah is able to convince his young fighters that they can reach paradise if they follow his commands. With parallels to Osama bin Laden, Alamut tells the story of how Sabbah was able to instill fear into the ruling class by creating a small army... continue
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Games with Greta : & Other Stories by Suzana Tratnik EN
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A new collection of stories that has not appeared together before in any language.
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I Saw Her That Night by Drago Jančar EN
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"I Saw Her That Night is a tragic love story set amid the atrocities of World War II in Slovenia" --
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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