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By Ana Schnabl. Translated from the Slovene by David Limon<\/p>\n

ISBN: 978-1-912545-896<\/strong><\/p>\n

Enter two good-looking, ambitious characters: Adam is a professor of literature trying his hand at writing again, while Ana is the editor who receives his manuscript, The Masterpiece. Filled with a sense of their\u00a0own destinies, the protagonists soon cross the lines of their professional relationship and become entangled in an intense, adulterous affair. But Adam moves in dissident circles and Ana owes her position as the youngest editor in the history of the biggest state publishing house to her cooperation with the dark side of the government.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Masterpiece\u00a0is a \u00a0love story with tinges of the political thriller,\u00a0written in a tantalizing\u00a0prose style. Set in the golden years of 1980s Yugoslavia, it revels in an era of unprecedented freedom of thought and travel, \u00a0of dissident movements and literary scenes, while also revealing the tight grip that the state maintained\u00a0on the lives of its citizens, not least through its security services and its web of informants.<\/strong><\/p>\n

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 DUBLIN LITERATURE PRIZE<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The novel’s emphasis is on the psychological rather than the political, it’s chapters packed with dense paragraphs of interiority. . .\u00a0flashes of insight breakthrough:”Many, including Adam, would rather murder the world than change.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Ronan Hession,\u00a0The Irish Times<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Schnabl belongs to a canon of authors building on the legacy of great women writers and poets of the past\u00a0and correcting age-old injustices that the system has inflicted upon women.<\/em>
\nMladina, Slovenia<\/strong><\/p>\n

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By Ana Schnabl. Translated from the Slovene by David Limon ISBN: 978-1-912545-896 Enter two good-looking, ambitious characters: Adam is a professor of literature trying his hand at writing again, while Ana is the editor who receives his manuscript, The Masterpiece. Filled with a sense of their\u00a0own destinies, the protagonists soon cross the lines of their …<\/p>\n

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