GORGONAVT by the writer Nina Arlič, an overlooked pearl among Slovenian novels, is a remarkably interesting book that talks about love through different periods of time and in different parts of the universe. By the way it also deals with history, but above all with the future of the Earth and Earthlings, which, seen through the author's eyes, is not of the rosiest prospects, it also explains why this is (will be) so and therefore can be classified as socially critical book too. The basis are the adventures of the book lover and messenger girl Papirka Kej (Paper Key), described with great humour, self-irony, and sparkle. The content is top notch, equivalent to writing in the cult Adams Guide, and in certain things even better because it is written in the form of a diary, so it is in the first person and the narrative is longer and more extensive. Thus, the reader has despite of SF material, which does not attract some people, the opportunity to read the novel as a love novel or simply a very interesting novel, full of sudden twists, complications and solutions. The technical knowledge and anticipations of the author are also astonishing, as we do not find inconsistencies or obsolescence in it, but she sovereignly explains the good and bad sides of technical progress, without going into details unnecessarily. To better understand the story, but especially the people in it, we recommend that the reader first read the also remarkably interesting book Stories from under Zurnizip, which is a collection of stories with different themes, written with typical author styles (except for the story War about World War 3 in the area of Slovenia, where, of course, every humour is cremated by atomic explosions, but not everything is so black). Zurnizip is a banner of paper pagans and it says: Live to tell a story.
GORGONAVT by the writer Nina Arlič, an overlooked pearl among Slovenian novels, is a remarkably interesting book that talks about love through different periods of time and in different parts of the universe. By the way it also deals with history, but above all with the future of the Earth and Earthlings, which, seen through the author's eyes, is not of the rosiest prospects, it also explains why this is (will be) so and therefore can be classified as socially critical book too. The basis are the adventures of the book lover and messenger girl Papirka Kej (Paper Key), described with great humour, self-irony, and sparkle. The content is top notch, equivalent to writing in the cult Adams Guide, and in certain things even better because it is written in the form of a diary, so it is in the first person and the narrative is longer and more extensive. Thus, the reader has despite of SF material, which does not attract some people, the opportunity to read the novel as a love novel or simply a very interesting novel, full of sudden twists, complications and solutions. The technical knowledge and anticipations of the author are also astonishing, as we do not find inconsistencies or obsolescence in it, but she sovereignly explains the good and bad sides of technical progress, without going into details unnecessarily. To better understand the story, but especially the people in it, we recommend that the reader first read the also remarkably interesting book Stories from under Zurnizip, which is a collection of stories with different themes, written with typical author styles (except for the story War about World War 3 in the area of Slovenia, where, of course, every humour is cremated by atomic explosions, but not everything is so black). Zurnizip is a banner of paper pagans and it says: Live to tell a story.
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