Pričakovanja

Jana and Primož, both in the second half of their thirties, have been together for some time; at last both have regular jobs and they have just moved into a larger two-room flat. Primož, who works in a kindergarten, always imagined becoming a father, and Jana expected to become a mother. But no child comes, and medicine offers its help. The novel follows everything a couple faces after deciding on IVF, showing how an unfulfilled longing for a child cuts into the body and mind of a woman on whom nature, and even more society, imposes motherhood. It traces the cracks that open in her relationships, first with her partner, since the painful procedures are not done to his body, then with friends and acquaintances who often fail to understand. How does one remain a person when reduced to a body that has let one down?

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

299 pages in the original

Genres

Family, Love (assigned by AI)

Set in

Slovenia

First published

2023 by Cankarjeva založba

Author's age

39 when first published

ISBN

9789612825652 (original)