Reading Europe celebrates Romania on 8 June 2016
READING EUROPE FROM UK INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS
There are 24 countries in the EU in addition to the 4 countries in the British Isles and Commonwealth. Before the EU Referendum let us take the opportunity to find out something more about fellow members and neighbours. The recommended titles have been selected to let the reader know the literature, history and culture of each country better. On 8 June we celebrate Romania.
RECOMMENDED TITLES FROM ROMANIA
Life Begins on Friday by Ioana Parvulescu, translated by Alistair Ian Blyth (Istros)
ISBN 978 1 908236 29 6, 280 pages,£9.99
An historical novel set in Bucharest in the 1890s. A glimpse into the past of this central European country, looking at Bucharest at a time of great social and political change, when the modern world began to impinge on the old order.
Diary of a Short-Sighted Adolescent by Mircea Eliade, translated by Christopher Moncrieff (Istros)
ISBN 978 1 908236 21 0, 196 pages,£9.99
A seminal work by the great Romanian writer and historian of religion, this book conjures the loves and frustrations of a group of teenage boys coming of age in pre-war Romania. History, mythology, anti-Semitism and the loneliness of artistic creation are all themes of this semi-autobiographical novel.
Reading Europe celebrates Slovenia on 7 June 2016
READING EUROPE FROM UK INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS
There are 24 countries in the EU in addition to the 4 countries in the British Isles and Commonwealth. Before the EU Referendum let us take the opportunity to find out something more about fellow members and neighbours. The recommended titles have been selected to let the reader know the literature, history and culture of each country better. On 7 June we celebrate Slovenia.
RECOMMENDED TITLES FROM SLOVENIA
Yugoslavia, My Fatherland by Goran Vojnovic, translated by Noam Charney (Istros)
ISBN 978 1 908236 27 2,216 pages, £9.99
The breakdown of a country seen through the microcosm of one family. Set in Slovenia and Croatia, this novel covers the social and political landscape during the war and also in present day, taking in issues of how society has accommodated victims and perpetrators of the 1990s' war in a fast-paced quest story.
My Father's Dream: A Tale of Innocence Abused written and translated by Evald Flisar (Istros)
ISBN 978 1 908236 22 7,196 pages, £9.99
The book tells the story of fourteen-year-old Adam, the only son of a village doctor and his rather estranged wife, living in apparent rural harmony.But this is a topsy-turvy world of illusions and hopes, in which the author plays with the function of dreaming and story-telling. The story reveals an insidious deception, in which the unsuspecting son and his mother are the apparent victims; and yet who can tell whether the gruesome ending is reality or just another dream….
Reading Europe celebrates Croatia on 6 June 2016
READING EUROPE FROM UK INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS
There are 24 countries in the EU in addition to the 4 countries in the British Isles and Commonwealth. Before the EU Referendum let us take the opportunity to find out something more about fellow members and neighbours. The recommended titles have been selected to let the reader know the literature, history and culture of each country better. On 6 June we celebrate Croatia.
RECOMMENDED TITLES FROM CROATIA
Farewell, Cowboy by Olja Savicevic, translated by Celia Hawkesworth(Istros)
ISBN 978 1 908236 48 7, 180 pages,£9.99 Farewell, Cowboy is a tough yet poetic novel by one of Croatia's best known writers. The story is rich in local colour and sentiment, following the main character, Dada, who returns to her home town on the Adriatic coast in order to unravel the mystery of her brother Daniel's death.
Our Man in Iraq by Robert Perisic, translated by Will Firth (Istros) ISBN 978 1 908236 04 3, 280 pages, £7.99
This comic novel follows the fortunes of an unfortunate journalist as he navigates the pitfalls of life in economic and social transition. An insight into the nepotistic world of journalism in modern Croatia.
