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September 2009Odessa Transfer
Nachrichten vom Schwarzen Meer
by Katharina Raabe, Monika Sznajderman, Andrzej Kramarz
Wie Raumstationen an den äußersten Ende des Universums erschienen den alten Griechen ihre Küstenstädte am Schwarzen Meers. Über Tausende von Jahren verlief hier die Grenze zwischen Europa und Asien, fast ein halbes Jahrhundert die zwischen Ostblock und westlichem Bündnis. Die dünne Schicht organischen Lebens über einer gewaltigen toten Tiefe; zwei Strömungen, deren obere westwärts, deren untere ostwärts zieht - das geheimnisvolle Meer symbolisiert geradezu die Spannung, die Gleichzeitigkeit des Ungleichzeitigen. „Last & Lost“, dem Atlas des verschwindenden Europas, folgt „Odessa Transfer“, eine Fahrt an die Grenzen früherer Imperien, an Orte des Exils und der Zuflucht. Was entsteht hier, zwischen Constanza und Odessa, Jalta und Sotschi, Batumi und Istanbul, auf den Trümmern der ältesten und der jüngsten Geschichte? In Essays, literarischen Reportagen und Erzählungen wird die Schwarzmeerregion sichtbar - als ein Raum, dessen Zauber und Zerstörtheit die poetische Einbildungskraft herausfordert. Mit Texten von Neal Ascherson, Attila Bartis, Mircea Cartarescu, Nicoleta Esinencu, Karl-Markus Gauß, Katja Lange-Müller, Sibylle Lewitscharoff, Aka Morchiladze, Emine Sevgi Özdamar, Katja Petrowskaja, Andrzej Stasiuk, Takis Theodoropoulos und einem Fotoessay von Andrzej Kramarz.
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FictionWHY I CAN'T WRITE
How to survive in a world where you can’t pay rent, can’t afford to focus, be healthy or to remain principled. Dijana Matković tells a powerful story of searching for a room of her own in the late stages of capitalism.
by DIJANA MATKOVIĆ
It is a coming-of-age story for Generation Z. How to grow up or even live in a world where no steady jobs are available, you can’t pay your rent and can’t afford medical or living expenses. Moreover, it touches on how to be a socially engaged artist in such a world, and more so, a woman in a post-me too world? Dijana, a daughter of working-class immigrants, tells the story of her difficult childhood and adolescence, how should became a journalist and later a writer in a society full of prejudices, glass ceilings and obstacles. How she gradually became a stereotypical ‘success story’, even though she still struggles with writing, because she can’t afford a ‘room of her own’. Dijana is a daughter of working-class immigrants, who came to Slovenia in the eighties in search of a better future. The family is building a house but is made redundant from the local factory when Yugoslavia is in the midst of an economic crisis. When her parents get divorced, Dijana, her older sister and mother struggle with basic needs. She is ashamed of their poverty, her classmates bully her because of her immigrant status, but mostly because of her being ‘white trash’. In the local school she meets teachers with prejudices against immigrants, but is helped by a librarian who spots her talent. When Dijana goes to secondary school, she moves in with her older sister who lives in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. Her sister is into rave culture and Dijana starts to explore experimenting with drugs, music and dance. At the secondary school, she is again considered ‘the weird kid’, as she isn’t enough of a foreigner for other immigrant kids because she is from the country, yet she isn’t Slovenian enough for other native kids. She falls even deeper into drug addiction, fails the first year of school and has to move back to live with her mother. She takes on odd jobs to make ends meet. Whilst working as a waitress she encounters sexism and sexual violence from customers and abuse from the boss. She finishes night school and graduates. She meets many ‘lost’ people of her generation along the way, who tell her their stories about precarious, minimum wage jobs, lack of opportunities, expensive rent, etc. Dijana writes for numerous newspapers but loses or quits her job, because she isn’t allowed to write the stories she wants or because of the bad working conditions or the blatant sexual harassment. Due to the high rent in the capital, Dijana has to move to the countryside to live with her mother. She feels lonely there, struggles with anxiety and cannot write a second book, because she is constantly under pressure to make a living. She realises that she must persevere regardless of the obstacles, she must follow her inner truth and by writing about it, try to create a community of like-minded people, a community of people who support each other – all literature/art is social.
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Sports & outdoor recreationAugust 2009Formula One On This Day
History, Facts & Figures from Every Day of the Year
by Rob Burnett
Formula One On This Day revisits many of the sport’s most magical and memorable moments which might otherwise have slipped under the radar. Here are hundreds of unusual highlights, all mixed in with a maelstrom of quirky anecdotes and legendary characters to produce an irresistibly dippable F1 diary – with an entry for every day of the year. Revisit the day Alberto Ascari took an unplanned dip in Monaco harbour along with his Lancia during the 1955 race; the race which saw Taki Inoue tangling with the course marshal’s car, and Nigel Mansell’s unlikely first win for Ferrari! Recalling events that will make you laugh, cry, or shake your head in disbelief, Formula One On This Day benefits from brilliant research, gathering together many original stories and tit-bits to create a snapshot of the diverse and often bizarre world of top-class motor-racing.
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Children's & YAMY NAME IS DAMIJAN
by SUZANA TRATNIK
MY NAME IS DAMIANWritten by Suzana Tratnik Damian’s world is one of family quarrels, drugs, alcohol and fights, which the nineteenyear-old uses to rebel against his family’s stereotypical expectations. Through Damian’s first-person narration, the reader gains an insight into the torn-up soul of a teenager who turns in vain to his parents, sister, girlfriend and friends for help. It reveals the loneliness of a young man who has to fight against the prejudices and prescribed gender roles that he encounters while trying to find his identity and his own path in life. Format: 14 x 20 cm174 pages | Age: 15+
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May 2017El lugar donde mueren los pájaros
by Downey, Tomás
The place where the birds die brings together ten new stories by Tomás Downey, winner of the first prize in the National Endowment for the Arts' 2013 Letter Writing Contest and a 2016 finalist for the Gabriel García Márquez Hispanic American Award for his praised first set of stories Aquá el tiempo es otra cosa. The protagonists of these new stories live on the edge of the personal abyss, that place where the extraordinary can happen. Three pre-adolescent sisters perform a fateful ritual. A data analyst decides to leave her baby on a balcony in order to better concentrate on her forms. A lady obsessed with the afternoon soap opera begins to hear a buzzing sound coming from her television. Beings from another planet, the Täkis, arrive on Earth and gawk at the population. An authoritarian grandfather reveals his weakness on a visit with his grandson to a A collection of stories about fragile balances and strained relationships to the extreme, The Place Where the Birds Die uncovers the unwitting reversal of bland everyday situations. In this eagerly awaited second collection of stories, Downey confirms himself as a bold writer, skillfully sliding from manners to fantasy, owner of a unique voice". hairdresser's. Two bored girls who summer with their parents on the coast find the place where the birds die a unique source of distraction.
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Children's & YATHE PESKY TRIO - GRANNY NO LONGER HAS A PHONE
by ANDREJ E. SKUBIC
THE PESKY TRIO: GRANNY NO LONGER HAS A PHONEWritten by Andrej E. SkubicIllustrated by Tanja Komadina Liam has a new phone. Tomaž and Lija are surprised he was given such a present for noreason. When they visit his home, they wonder why, in addition to an old noo noo blanket and a stuffed lemur, there is also a plastic doll on his bed. They begin to tease him, but the doll is just something to remember his granny by. All this leads to an argument. How will they resolve it? Will the Pesky Trio survive? Format: 14 x 20 cm72 pages | Age: 6+
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FictionTHE SECRET CALLED ERICH ŠLOMOVIČ
by SLAVKO PREGL AND LEON POGELŠEK
THE SECRET IS CALLED ERICH ŠLOMOVIČ (Skrivnost se imenuje Erich Šlomovič) Bata, a Belgrade antique dealer who does not speak any foreign languages, chooses young Leon from Ljubljana as his assistant for deals around Europe. Bata seems to be someone who will introduce the ambitious art student into the society of elite gallerists and high earnings. This promise becomes even more tangible when in an old villa in Zagreb, whilst buying a magnificent Vienna book case, they come across a dusty catalogue of Šlomovič’s exhibition, in which there is a list of French Impressionist paintings, and others from Modigliani to Renoir, from Kandinsky to Picasso, etc. The paintings disappeared one night in 1939 when two trains collided on their way to an exhibition in Belgrade and since then their fate has been shrouded in mystery. Occasionally they appear on the art market or in articles at home and abroad, even a film has been made about them … In Pregl’s novel, however, the story about the “secret of the Šlomovič” collection, full of lies, twists, deceptions, humour, hedonism and eroticism, is for the first time told by a player who created it from within.
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Children's & YABIRDS
by LILA PRAP
BIRDS?! Written and illustrated by Lila Prap Chickens finally discover their closest relatives – birds – and find out that they really do have very unusual relations. So far, based on scientific claims they have discovered that they are descended from dinosaurs and dragons. But they had not thought of birds. Now, they are carefully researching this connection. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE SERIES:Format: 24.5 x 24.5 cm | 32 pages | Age: 3+
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FictionTHE LOONY BIN ON THE HILL
by SUZANA TRATNIK
NOMINATED FOR THE KRESNIK AWARD IN 2019 (FOR THE BEST NOVEL IN SLOVENIA). THE LOONY HOUSE ON THE HILL (Norhaus na hribu) “Oh, believe me, this woman, who is still so young, did all this. She killed someone, disposed of the body and concealed it all.” This sentence in the introduction to the novel surprises us, but still does not prepare us for what follows. The main character, Ariana, whose mother disappeared when Ariana was still very little, lives in a tense, conflictive relationship with her aunt, in the remote village of Privežice. The place which, as noted by the merciless observer and commentator Ariana, appeared around the madhouse on the hill at the end of the paved road, where one of the inmates was her grandmother. What happens is not a typical love story or a typical story about getting to know oneself, although it talks precisely about this. What distinguishes this novel above all else is the lively, flowing dialogue, and the uncompromising, direct aesthetics (sometimes involving ugliness or at least uncouthness or lack of political correctness), which grabs us and takes us on a crazy adventure.
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Biography & True StoriesBORIS PAHOR - THAT'S HOW I LIVED
STOLETJE BORISA PAHORJA
by TATJANA ROJC
The life story of BORIS PAHOR (1913), a Slovene writer and centenarian, is at the same time a story about one of the most turbulent centuries in human history. With his clear standpoints and engagement, the author has always challenged current authorities and found himself in some of the most difficult situations of the 20th century. That’s How I Lived is also a story about Trieste and the lives of the people who moved there from rural areas, about the sad fates of Pahor’s patriotic friends and, of course, about his own Calvary through the Third Reich’s concentration camps. It offers an insight into Pahor’s private life, his first experiences of love and the first meetings with people with similar intellectual views and allies. The reader follows Pahor through his much-noticed conflicts with Slovene politicians and his activities on the international stage in favour of the rights of minority cultures. The narrative is supplemented with documents and photographs.
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Children's & YATHE SECRET SOCIETY KRVZ
by SIMONA SEMENIČ
White Raven 2020. Winner of the Blue Bird Award 2020. One evening, Črt sees a mysterious shadow in the sky through the window of his room. Is what he sees really a dragon? He wants to share this unusual experience with his friend Vid, but there is no opportunity at all, since Vid wants to share the news of the exciting discovery with him as well. A mysterious map came into the hands of his two new friends, and this fires the imagination of the children. They immediately find themselves in the midst of a thrilling adventure which involves thieves, a dragon slayer, a scientist, a detective and lots of mums and dads. And a dragon... Simona Semenič, who until now was mostly known as an award-winning playwright, has created a suspenseful and multifaceted story, with extremely vivid characters, an interesting writer’s perspective, humour, and a wealth of literary references. A masterfully written story. The book is a true literary gem. Format: 14 x 20 cm, 312 pages | Age: 9+
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Biography & True StoriesTITO AND HIS COMRADES
by JOŽE PIRJEVEC
TITO AND HIS COMRADES (TITO IN TOVARIŠI) A new light on familiar events – the most comprehensive presentation of Josip Broz Tito.Jože Pirjevec’s book presents Tito’s life story and the background to his political rise, which was closely connected with the life and political activities of his “comrades”. In revealing new dimensions of the leading creators of the second Yugoslavia, with Tito at the helm, the author draw upon documents kept in private and state archives in Ljubljana and other capitals of the former Yugoslav republics, while he also researched the available archive materials in Washington, New York, Moscow, Berlin, Cairo and New Delhi, as well as the archives of the Slovene and foreign intelligence services, such as Stasi and the KGB. Rich pictorial material.
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Children's & YAHERBS OF THE LITTLE WITCH
by POLONCA KOVAČ
HERBS OF THE LITTLE WITCHWritten by Polonca Kovač and illustrated by Ančka Gošnik Godec The little witch is a friendly witch, and she knows not only how to turn a mean mouse into a friendly one but also all about the magic secrets of healing herbs. This is a classic prizewinning Slovene illustrated book, which can be picked up again and again and enjoyed in all its charms great and small, including its descriptions and methods of using more than 30 healing herbs. The book Herbs of the Little Witch was selected for the Ibby Honour List 2000. Format: 23 x 29.5 cm76 pages | Age: 4+
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Children's & YAPIMPLES, LOVE AND OTHER LIFE PROBLEMS
by URŠKA KALOPER
PIMPLES, LOVE, AND OTHER LIFE PROBLEMSWritten by Urška Kaloper During puberty, the body changes, and so does the way we experience ourselves and the world. We encounter our first loves, and the first disappointments that inevitably follow. How to cope? Ana, Nina, Miha, Luka, Nika, Eva, Maja and Tina also have a whole bunch of problems growing up, but they deal with them in a fun as well as instructive way. Pick up this book and join them! Their stories will certainly help you solve many problems. Format: 16,5 x 23,8 cm202 pages | Age: 11+
