Angels Beneath the Surface (Paperback)

Paperback. The first Slovene short story collection in well over a decade, Angels Beneath the Surface not only introduces leading Slovene writers such as Miha Mazzini and Maja Novak to new audiences, but also brings several emergent authors to an English-speaking audience for the first time. Important to anyone interested in literary fiction, works in translation, and Central European literatures.With a per capita publishing rate of more that three times that of the United States, Slovenia has a long and storied literary history, from the legendary 9th-century Freising Manuscripts to postmodern masterpieces by Igor Bratoz. Continuing that tradition, Angels Beneath the Surface, the first collection of Slovene fiction to be published in English outside of Slovenia since 1994, offers a rich sampling of Slovene short stories. The thirteen tales here represent a wide array of voices and writing styles among the country's renowned-and emergent-writers.Written between 1990 and 2005, the selections in Angels Beneath the Surface together comprise a vivid snapshot of Slovene literary consciousness at the turn of the millennium. These authors mine their culture for often startling insights in stories that range from wicked variations on fairy tales to dour romances to skewerings of the bureaucratic state.Recent articles in The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, and other prominent publications attest to renewed interest in European literature in translation, and this collection is an incisive entry in the genre. Slovenia is one of the world's most literate, and literary, countries. With a per capita publishing rate of more that three times that of the United States, the country has a long and illustrious literary history. This book presents a wide array of voices and writing styles among the country's current 'younger generation' of writers. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.