Drago Jancar

Wenn die Liebe ruht

Prix du meilleur livre étranger 2014 Veronika Zarnik est une femme libre. Bourgeoise charmeuse et excentrique, elle impose à ceux qui la côtoient une indépendance qui envoûte. Elle inspire à chacun une indécise impression, un sentiment mêlé de tendresse, d'amour, mais également de mépris et de frustration. Inconvenante, non conformiste, elle s'adapte mal aux heures sombres de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Un étrange soir de janvier quarante-quatre, Veronika et son mari, Leo, disparaissent. Autrefois insaisissable, elle devient une véritable âme errante et cinq voix, hantées à leur manière par son spectre, tentent de reconstituer ce qu'était réellement sa vie.

Cette nuit, je l'ai vue

Kehanet

Drago Jančar

The finest short stories of Slovenia's most prominent author. A young man learns English in Trieste in 1914 from James Joyce, who repeatedly describes an oil lamp. Years later, in 1941, this same man must flee his country, and he becomes the Slovenian voice of British radio. On his return to Yugoslavia, he falls foul of the new communist authorities. The characters who populate the stories of Drago Jancar stand at the periphery of tragic histories; they see the ground open under their feet yet remain leaning above the pit. Drago Jancar has been described as "the seismologist of a chaotic history". In this exceptional collection Brandon introduces the vision of the leading Slovenian writer of his generation.

Joyce's Pupil

Andrew Wachtel

These newly collected short stories reveal a master at the top of his game. Drago Jancar possesses an acute understanding of the human psyche, enabling his stories to resonate beyond their particular milieu. This collection features seven pieces, drawn from four different collections, that together present the struggle of individuals against powerful forces. The characters try to make sense of a world of shifting borders and changing names that make the idea of a "homeland"—either literal or figurative—a dream rather than a reality.

Drago Jancar

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