Liberty Square
On 21 June 1988, a rally against political arrests takes place in Liberation Square in Ljubljana. Many other things happen: a young man accidentally steps on a young woman, sparing a bong that will – with its ups and downs – last a lifetime.
Year of publication: 2021
No. of pages: 286
About the book
The story of a young couple is only one piece in the mosaic of those exciting times when, at least for a moment, it seemed that absolutely everything was possible. A sensitive observer witnesses the tumult of decades that include the Ten Day War, a change of the political system and ethical norms, and also the transformation of once high ideals into their opposites.
In this novel about Slovenia’s independence, Andrej Blatnik with incisive observations and anecdotes reveals the complexity of the transition into times when dreams hit the hard ground of the free market of goods and values. Family and social bonds break down under pressures, the same people find themselves in new lineups, each face rising the same unspoken question: after so many transformations, including social ones, do we still have enough in common to be able to sustain the hope of a happy ending?
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