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In a funny, amusing and satirical way Monika tells about herself: she is intelligent, talkative, passionate, perceptive and quick-witted, but all of these qualities are basically not what she needs to help her in her job as executive secretary in a small company run by a self-overrated boss. That Monika also has bad luck in love relationships is somehow to be expected – even with her newest heart flame, a Chinese, the relationship is anything but average.
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Worldwide rights available excluding English print and digital right, all German and Croatian rights.
Paperback in German, English and Croatian - available throughout the DACH region in physical bookstores and online.
Hardcover in German, English and Croatian – available worldwide via KDP Amazon.
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My Name is Monika is based on the play Good Luck, Foreigner! which won the Dramatist Prize at the Exile Literature Prize in Vienna in 2008. The play premiered in 2009 at the Theater Akzent Vienna.
My Name is Monika has been published in the book series Croatian-Made-Easy as a didactic three-part mini-novel for learning Croatian as a foreign language.
The English edition under the title What I Wanted to Tell You.
Reading at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2020 available on YouTube.
Endorsements
"What's special about this book, written with great humor and biting unashamedness, is that it's written in diary form, and the protagonist, Monika D., comments on everything in direct speech, as if the reader were sitting next to her. The captivating honesty and subtle approach to writing lend it a special appeal and promise readers a delightful reading experience." - Presstext Edition Ovidia
"Many young women can probably identify with Monika's story: She's single, looking for a completely normal relationship, but fails to find it. This has to do with her strength as a person—she is anything but a modest, quiet female." - Ana Bilic, interview for Biber.
Author Biography
Ana Bilic, 1962, Zagreb/Croatia lives and works in her adopted home of Austria as a prolific author and award-winning filmmaker. She publishes with Hoffmann & Campe Hamburg, Hollitzer Verlag Vienna, and Konzor Zagreb. In her modern novels, short stories, and poems, she explores romantic relationships and their complexity. She is a keen observer and questions timeless human problems in the background of each of her stories. Her works emerge through the prism of cultural diversity—linguistic, social, and intimate. – Her extensive work can be found at her website
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Copyright © 2020, Ana Bilic.
Edition Ovidia
We are a self-publishing house in Vienna, founded in 2016 by Ana Bilic and Danilo Wimmer. Its literary output includes fiction, fantasy, poetry, plays, and accompanying literature.
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- Publisher/Imprint Tolino Media / Edition Ovidia
- Orginal LanguageGerman
- ISBN/Identifier 9783752979244
- Publication Country or regionGermany
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 17.99 EUR
- Pages138
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleMein Name ist Monika
- Original Language AuthorsGerman
- EditionEdition Ovidia
- Copyright Year2020
- Page size12.85 x 0.81 x 19.84 cm
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