Born 1958 · Slovenia
Kresnik 2024 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Grail”
Vlado Žabot · 65 when first published
Novel · 357 pages · War, Historical
AI-generated summary:Soldiers lost after the last battle of the First World War are stranded in a swamp, where the Roma they hold captive promise to show them the way out if they first pan enough gold from the river Angelika.
Kresnik 2018 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“The Holy Battle”
Vlado Žabot · 59 when first published
Novel · 315 pages · War
AI-generated summary:On his mentor's instructions, history doctoral student Radovan Podolni travels to a former war zone to study its archives and border fortresses, but the clear task of finding the objective truth about the past grows ever murkier and more dangerous.