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1912.

You Do Understand (Slovenian Literature Series) by Andrej Blatnik EN

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Country: Europe / Slovenia flag Slovenia
Description:
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



1915.

Minué para guitarra (en veinticinco disparos) by Vitomil Zupan ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Slovenia flag Slovenia
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

1916.

Zumbidos en la cabeza by Drago Jancar ES

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Slovenia flag Slovenia
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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

1917.

Alamut by Vladimir Bartol EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Slovenia flag Slovenia
Description:
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

1918.

Aquella noche la vi by Drago Jančar ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Slovenia flag Slovenia
Description:
Aquella noche la vi es la novena novela de Drago Jančar, y tiene su origen en la historia real de una aristocrática pareja de Liubliana, el matrimonio Hribar, y en la trágica suerte que corrieron en enero de 1944. La historia se centra en la joven Veronika, rubia excéntrica, educada, y cuya misteriosa desaparición agita los recuerdos de cinco personas directamente ligadas a su círculo íntimo. El amante, un oficial del ejército real yugoeslavo, que recuerda su naturaleza indomable y caprichosa; su madre anciana, que rememora los extraños s... continue


1920.

The Sublime Object of Ideology by Slavoj Žižek EN

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Country: Europe / Slovenia flag Slovenia
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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