Books from Slovenia
10 popular slovenian books
Travel the world without leaving your chair.
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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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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Minué para guitarra (en veinticinco disparos) by Vitomil Zupan ES
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Tras evadirse del campo de concentración italiano de Gonars, donde estaba encerrado como miembro del Frente de Liberación Nacional de Eslovenia, Jakob Bergant «Berk» regresa a Ljubljana. La ciudad, tomada por los alemanes, no es un lugar seguro y Berk decide unirse a los partisanos que luchan contra el poderoso ejército alemán en las colinas próximas a la capital eslovena. En compañía de un heterogéneo grupo de hombres inexpertos y mal equipados, Berk hará frente al invasor alemán mientras trata de procurarse un ... continue
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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