Book description
Sebastijan Pregelj’s award-winning novel, In Elvis’s Room, tells the turbulent story of Slovenian independence from the perspective of Jan, an only child growing up in Ljubljana.
Jan’s life in 1980s Yugoslavia is idyllic, filled with family outings, Star Wars, and good friends. But as Jan gets older, and the ties…
Why read it?
1 author picked In Elvis's Room as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
As a travel writer, I believe that fiction is great preparation for understanding a country and its people.
As a reader (and author with an Indie press), I am trying to read more books in translation, especially from small presses: both are woefully under-celebrated. I read this book on an assignment to Slovenia, a beautiful country I knew little about, and I dipped in and out of it, from a different hotel room every night—it was a great companion.
With the breakup of Yugoslavia and Slovenia’s becoming independent at its core, this epic, decades-spanning book is an absolute knockout, with…
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