THE LOONY BIN ON THE HILL
by SUZANA TRATNIK
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NOMINATED FOR THE KRESNIK AWARD IN 2019 (FOR THE BEST NOVEL IN SLOVENIA).
THE LOONY HOUSE ON THE HILL (Norhaus na hribu)
“Oh, believe me, this woman, who is still so young, did all this. She killed someone, disposed of the body and concealed it all.” This sentence in the introduction to the novel surprises us, but still does not prepare us for what follows. The main character, Ariana, whose mother disappeared when Ariana was still very little, lives in a tense, conflictive relationship with her aunt, in the remote village of Privežice. The place which, as noted by the merciless observer and commentator Ariana, appeared around the madhouse on the hill at the end of the paved road, where one of the inmates was her grandmother. What happens is not a typical love story or a typical story about getting to know oneself, although it talks precisely about this. What distinguishes this novel above all else is the lively, flowing dialogue, and the uncompromising, direct aesthetics (sometimes involving ugliness or at least uncouthness or lack of political correctness), which grabs us and takes us on a crazy adventure.
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SUZANA TRATNIK (1963) is an award winning author of short prose and novels, including some for young readers. Her works and individual stories have been translated into over twenty languages. In 2007 she received the Prešeren Fund Award for literature; and this year the novo mesto award for her book Noben glas (No Voice).
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- Publisher CANKARJEVA ZALOŽBA
- ISBN/Identifier 9789612823917
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleNORHAVS NA VRHU HRIBA
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