Books set in Slovenia (7)
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Games with Greta : & Other Stories by Suzana Tratnik EN
SloveniaDescription:
A new collection of stories that has not appeared together before in any language.
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La Ciudad Prometida by Valentina Scerbani ES
MoldovaDescription:
Oscillating between disappointment and insecurity, between disenchantment and despair, Ileana struggles to hold on to the idea of seeing her seriously ill mother again, who has left her in the care of her aunts. But her fear grips her, her dreams return pieces of a lost past, and her reflection has disappeared from all the mirrors. Valentina Şcerbani's narrative mastery manages to establish an obsessive atmosphere, accentuated by the imposing presence of the landscape, by the unrepentant rain and by human relationships in a small community made up exclusively of women.
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Minué para guitarra (en veinticinco disparos) by Vitomil Zupan ES
Description:
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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Trieste by Daša Drndić ES
CroatiaDescription:
Haya Tedeschi espera junto a un cesto repleto de cartas, fotografías, recortes, versos, testimonios, listados... A los ochenta y tres años, su historia, reflejo de un pasado turbulento, se ha quebrado ya en mil pedazos que Haya repasa uno a uno: la infancia en Gorizia, en el seno de una familia judía multilingüe, Trieste y el ascenso del totalitarismo, los años de juventud, el cine y el primer amor. Pero también están la guerra, los trenes cerrados y los campos de exterminio, como la antigua arrocera de San Sabba, de la que día y noche sal&... continue
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Veronika Decides to Die : A Novel of Redemption by Paulo Coelho EN
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Twenty-four-year-old Veronika seems to have everything -- youth and beauty, boyfriends and a loving family, a fulfilling job. But something is missing in her life. So, one cold November morning, she takes a handful of sleeping pills expecting never to wake up. But she does -- at a mental hospital where she is told that she has only days to live. Inspired by events in Coelho's own life, Veronika Decides to Die questions the meaning of madness and celebrates individuals who do not fit into patterns society considers to be normal. Bold and illuminating, it is a dazzling portrait of a young woman ... continue
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Yugoslavia, mi tierra by Goran Vojnovic ES
Description:
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
Description:
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