Books from Slovenia
Recommended books (7)
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.
1.
Alamut by Vladimir Bartol EN
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
2.
Games with Greta : & Other Stories by Suzana Tratnik EN
Description:
A new collection of stories that has not appeared together before in any language.
3.
I Saw Her That Night by Drago Jančar EN
Description:
"I Saw Her That Night is a tragic love story set amid the atrocities of World War II in Slovenia"--
7.
You Do Understand (Slovenian Literature Series) by Andrej Blatnik EN
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
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