Fužine Blues

The novel takes place on 13 June 2000, the day of the European Championship football match between Slovenia and Yugoslavia. Four people who live on the tenth floor of the same tower block in Fužine, a Ljubljana housing estate known for its mix of nationalities, tell their stories in their own idioms: a former heavy-metal fan in his thirties who tries to gather his old gang and cannot get over a lost love; a pompous estate agent caught in an absurd quarrel with a Montenegrin gangster; a sharp young Montenegrin woman, Janina; and a retired teacher of Slovene. As the evening match approaches, their lives cross, and the day they meant to change things takes unexpected turns.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

265 pages in the original

Set in

Slovenia, 2000

First published

2001 by Študentska založba

Author's age

34 when first published

ISBN

9789616356633 (original)

9789616547192 (Slovene Writers' Association, Slovenia)

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