Gluhota

Otmar Bukovnik, a retired tailor, loved his wife, his children and his dog, but his family has left him. His wife Lija has gone to America to join their son Boris, who has started a family there, and sends only short letters and postcards. Otmar spends his days alone in old Ljubljana, which is described in rich detail, retreating into his thoughts and feelings and talking passionately to himself or to God. Soon odd events begin, which seem to grow out of his inner life: an unintended killing that the authorities record as a suicide, and a brief love affair with a young woman that convinces him miracles still happen.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

198 pages in the original

Set in

Slovenia

First published

2001 by DZS

Author's age

64 when first published

ISBN

9788634123951 (original)