Lit in Translation

In/Half

Na/pol

Jasmin B. Frelih (born 1986)

Translated by Jason Blake

English editions

In English

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Set in a near future without security, peace or humanity, the novel is built in three parts around three characters, at first unconnected. Evan is a theatre director who has moved to Japan to stage one last grand production but prefers drugs and running from memories of a love he once lost. Kras Volk, a defence minister who does not know how to feel, struggles through the days around his fiftieth birthday with his dysfunctional family, dodging his own fears. Zoja is a poet in New York, invited to present her remarkable talent to a new gathering of the city's art scene, where a crazed admirer complicates things. A letter with a plane ticket, received by all three, is the only thread linking them before the closing chapter, in a book about people who in seeking more have lost love.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
343 pages in the original
Set in
Japan, United States
First published
2013 by Cankarjeva založba
Author's age
27 when first published
ISBN

9789612319465 (original)

9781786073907 (Oneworld, United Kingdom)

9781786076267 (Oneworld, United Kingdom)

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