Literary Nonfiction. Poetry. Fiction. An instructive essay by poet and literary-social critic Aleš Debeljak opens this introductionn to the rich post-World War II literary tradition in Slovenia. Writers include Edvard Kocbek, whom Charles Simic called one of the truest witnesses of our new dark ages and Toma ž Šalamun, who is, according to the New York Times, a major Central European poet; Drago Jančar and Berta Bojetu-Boeta. Also included is a riveting piece by Ivo Standeker, a journalist killed by a Serbian sniper in Sarajevo in 1992.

"Zawacki deftly assembles a panorama of viewpoints that provide us with a portrait of a fragmented, troubled, but always dedicated populace.... What strikes the reader is the refreshing lyrical moment, that transcendent wellspring of the poet who finds in the world the stuff of beauty and then creates a language to communicate it to us."—Multicultural Review

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