THE FIRST LADY
by STANKA HRASTELJ
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THE FIRST LADY (Prva dama)
This novel is a reworking, in minimalist style and condensed manner, of the Biblical story of the beautiful Bathsheba and King David. The king’s “controversial” wife is an archetypal femme fatale, who is aware of her charms also in an emancipatory sense and, regardless of the means and victims, in an almost mathematically calculating way exchanges them for a “better” life – marriage to the educated king loved by his people and through this a climb up the social ladder, a better position, and consequently better pay and independence. Although Bathsheba’s life seems like a fairy tale, inside her grows a nagging feeling of guilt. Using fate and god as an excuse does not bring her peace, but pushes her towards self-destructive behaviour.
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Author Biography
STANKA HRASTELJ (1975) has so far published two collections of poems: Nizki toni (Low Tones, 2005) and Gospod, nekaj imamo za vas (Sir, I Have Something For You, 2009); the novel Igranje (Acting), published in 2012, is her first prose work. It won the Blue Bird Competition for adult novels organised by Mladinska Knjiga. Her novel Prva dama (First Lady) was published in 2018.
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- Publisher MLADINSKA KNJIGA ZALOŽBA
- ISBN/Identifier 9789610151586
- Publication Country or regionSlovenia
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitlePRVA DAMA
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