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Cargando... None Like Her (Peter Owen World Series: Slovenia)por Jela Krecic
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To prove that he has moved on from his ex-girlfriend, Matias embarks on an odyssey of dates around the city of Ljubljana. The dates and women are wonderfully varied, the interactions perspicuously observed, the preoccupations of the characters--drawn from lively and ambitious dialogue--will speak directly to Generation Y. In Matias, Krecic has created a well-observed crypto-misogynist of the new millennium whose behavior she offers up for our scrutiny. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The main character is utterly unlikeable, and his friends aren't great either, but this is surely a deliberate provocation to the reader to think more closely about the reallife attitudes they mirror. Partway through I wondered if there were parallels to be drawn between the main character's breakup, and subsequent flings with other women -- and this echoing Slovenia's recent history and necessity of finding a new place in the world post-Yugoslavia. A fun game to play, but ultimately I'm not sure I know enough about the country to be sure this reading works (I'd love to hear other readers' thoughts on this!)
Ultimately, for me, it was a bit too episodic, and lacked any real depth. But that probably says more about my biassed expectations that translated fiction should be highly literary! Approached as a exploration of what it is to be in your twenties in the 2010s in Slovenia and beyond, it is a fun and readable. Pleased that Peter Owen / Istros Books and translator Olivia Hellewell have made this available in English. ( )