Evald Flisar

Books on prize lists

• Začarani Odisej

  In English

  SaveEnchanted Odysseus to read later

  Kresnik 2014 · Shortlist

  Enchanted Odysseus

  Začarani Odisej

  Evald Flisar · 68 when first published

  Novel · 216 pages

  AIAI-generated summary:A fifty-five-year-old man who lost his memory after a surfing accident in Bali travels the world under five false names, carrying out tasks for a mysterious employer and writing emails in the hope of learning who he is.

• Na zlati obali

  In English

  SaveOn the Gold Coast to read later

  Kresnik 2011 · Shortlist

  On the Gold Coast

  Na zlati obali

  Evald Flisar · 65 when first published

  Novel · 210 pages · Migration

  AIAI-generated summary:Five years after a travel writer vanished, leaving his wife and son, the son learns that his father is exploring Africa again and sets off to find him, while two couples follow the route of the father's book.

• Opazovalec

  In English

  SaveIf I Only Had Time to read later

  Kresnik 2010 · Shortlist

  If I Only Had Time

  Opazovalec

  Evald Flisar · 64 when first published

  Novel · 279 pages · Speculative

  AIAI-generated summary:A young amateur playwright from Ljubljana who lives more in his imagination than in the world learns he has a year to live, and with the help of a strange beggar sets off for New York and a perilous adventure.

• Čaj s kraljico

  In English

  SaveTea with the Queen to read later

  Kresnik 2005 · Shortlist

  Tea with the Queen

  Čaj s kraljico

  Evald Flisar · 59 when first published

  Novel · 451 pages · Satire, Migration

  AIAI-generated summary:In 1969 a young Slovene painter with enormous ambitions sets off for London to win fame and fortune, and from the border onwards runs into one comic misunderstanding after another.