- EU Council bibliography
- 4. augusta 2023
Readers of Europe 2023 - Slovenian recommendation
Recommendation by the Permanent Representation of Slovenia to the EU
‘Gluha soba’ by Mojca Kumerdej
An anechoic chamber is a shielded room, most often used to stop echoes of sound or electromagnetic waves.
Entering this sound absorbent space can feel as though you are crossing into another realm.
Some say that if you stay long enough inside the atmosphere thickens and envelopes all around you. Visions can start to appear within the suffocating silence.
Mojca Kumerdej unleashes a collection of unsettling stories into a literary anechoic chamber with her collection ‘Gluha soba’ (The Anechoic Chamber).
Through her dark and eerie lens, Kumerdej examines the inner world of heroes in the here and now.
Each story is fascinating and unpredictable, filled with horror and dreams, hopelessness and spiraling despair, boundless depth, and beauty.
In amongst the creeping darkness lie unmistakably human stories about preserving what is beautiful and good in us all.
Mojca Kumerdej (1964) is a writer. She has published critical pieces on contemporary dance, performance, theatre, film and literature. Gluha soba (2022) is her third collection of short stories, following Fragma (2003) and Temna snov (2011). She has also published two novels, Krst nad Triglavom (2001) and Kronosova žetev (2016). Kronosova žetev was awarded the Prešeren Fund Award and the Critics’ Sieve Award. Mojca Kumerdej is also the recipient of the Borštnik Award for best dramaturgy.
For those wishing to unearth other Slovenian literary gems, discover more via Eureka, the online catalogue of the Council libraries.
What is Readers of Europe?
The Council Library and the permanent representations to the EU have once again combined forces to feed your literary habit, with the fourth instalment of our annual Readers of Europe initiative.
The permanent representations to the EU have been invited to recommend a book from their country to read over the summer.
The theme for this year’s campaign is ‘female authors’, the idea being that every permanent representation selects a book by a female author from their country. The genre is up to the permanent representation – it could be a work by an up-and-coming author or a quintessential graphic novel, a collection from a renowned poet or an under-appreciated fantasy.
Join us as we dive into a genre-spanning list. From Hungarian poetry to Lithuanian historical fiction, Croatian family sagas to Czech mystery, there is something for everyone.
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