Drago Jančar
And Love Itself (In ljubezen tudi)
Slovenia
BOOK
The year is 1941. The Slovenian town of Maribor is annexed to the Third Reich and renamed Marburg an der Drau. Neighbors and families are torn apart as resistance groups form in the nearby hills. One day, Sonja, a young woman, runs into an old family acquaintance—the man who once rescued her from the snow while skiing. Back then, she called him Ludek, but now he is Ludwig Mischkolnig, a stern SS officer. Though he treats her coldly, Sonja has a favor to ask… but what will she be willing to sacrifice in return?
Published by Kniha Zlín, 2023
AUTHOR
© Mankica Kranjec
Drago Jančar (*1948) is a major Slovenian author. Born in Maribor, he studied law and now lives in Ljubljana, working as a journalist, playwright, screenwriter, and freelance writer. He has been a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences since 1995. His works have been translated widely and received numerous local and international awards, including the European Prize for Literature (2011) and four Kresnik Prizes, Slovenia’s top literary honor. His books available in Czech include The Galley Slave (1978), Northern Lights (1984), Katarina, the Peacock, and the Jesuit (2000), and I Saw Her That Night (2018).
TRANSLATION
Aleš Kozár
