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13%OFFAndrej Blatnik - You Do Understand (Slovenian Literature Series) - 9781564785992 - V9781564785992
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You Do Understand (Slovenian Literature Series)

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Description for You Do Understand (Slovenian Literature Series) Paperback. Translator(s): Soban, Tamara. Series: Slovenian Literature Series. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 126 x 9. Weight in Grams: 132.
This collection of sharp, spare, occasionally absurd, cruel, touching miniatures addresses the fundamental difficulty we have in making the people we love understand what we want and need. Demonstrating that language and intimacy are as much barriers between human beings as ways of connecting them, Andrej Blatnik here provides us with a guided tour of the slips, misunderstandings, and blind alleys we each manage to fall foul of on a daily basis--no closer to understanding the motives of our families, friends, lovers, or coworkers than we are those of a complete stranger... or, indeed, our own. Partly parables, partly fairy ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Number of pages
94
Condition
New
Series
Slovenian Literature Series
Number of Pages
94
Place of Publication
Normal, IL, United States
ISBN
9781564785992
SKU
V9781564785992
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99-15

About Andrej Blatnik
Andrej Blatnik was born in Ljubljana in 1963. In addition to writing fiction and criticism, he serves on the jury of the Vilenica Central European Literary Award, and has translated the work of Paul Bowles and others. His collection Skinswaps was translated into English in 1998. Andrej Blatnik was born in Ljubljana in 1963. In addition to writing fiction and ... Read more

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