{"product_id":"in-elviss-room-paperback","title":"In Elvis's Room - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSebastijan Pregelj\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRawley Grau\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSebastijan Pregelj's award-winning novel, \u003ci\u003e In Elvis's Room\u003c\/i\u003e, tells the turbulent story of Slovenian independence from the perspective of Jan, an only child growing up in Ljubljana. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jan's life in 1980s Yugoslavia is idyllic, filled with family outings, \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, and good friends. But as Jan gets older, and the ties that have held together Yugoslavia begin to tatter, the contours of life change. He and his friends, Elvis and Peter, are bullied walking to and from school, because Elvis is Muslim and Peter is a bookworm. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The friends stand by one another, strengthening not only their friendships but those of the families, particularly Elvis's. Jan spends many happy hours with Elvis's family, but then he is called up for military service and good times are replaced with whispers about religion and purges. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Elvis's Room\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e confronts history--both its beauty and horror--without hiding anything, and in doing so tells a highly nuanced, emotionally-charged story about living with memories from a country that no longer exists and what it requires of individuals to carry that immense weight.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSebastijan Pregelj \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in 1970 and studied history at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana. He has published six novels, including \u003ci\u003eKronika pozabljanja (A Chronicle of Forgetting\u003c\/i\u003e, 2014), which was longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award, and \u003ci\u003eV Elvisovi sobi (In Elvis's Room\u003c\/i\u003e, 2019), which won the Cankar Award and was shortlisted for the Kresnik Award for Best Slovene Novel. He also writes books for children. Pregelj lives and works in Ljubljana and is a member of the Slovene Writers' Association. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRawley Grau \u003c\/b\u003ehas translated numerous works from Slovenian, including two novels by Dusan Sarotar, \u003ci\u003ePanorama\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBilliards at the Hotel Dobray\u003c\/i\u003e, both of which were shortlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize. In 2021, he was awarded the Lavrin Diploma for excellence in translation from the Slovenian Association of Literary Translators. Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, he has lived in Ljubljana, Slovenia, for the past two decades.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.9 x 7.9 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 24, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765554577696,"sku":"9789533514741","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/783dad8da7499c652ecf3cd86523a59d.webp?v=1780273668","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/in-elviss-room-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}