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7 y separately published work icon Summer Lightning Tamara McKinley , ( trans. Alenka Stanič with title Poletna bliskavica ) Ljubljana : Presernova Druzba , 2007 Z1278123 2003 single work novel This novel begins in late nineteenth-century Ireland and incorporates the trials and dramas of several generations of a family. The main action revolves around the seventy-fifth birthday celebrations of the family's matriarch who lives on an Australian outback station, and the drama of a stolen inheritance.
1 y separately published work icon Ljubezen pod džakarando Pavla Gruden , Ljubljana : Presernova Druzba , 2002 Z1833534 2002 selected work poetry
18 1 y separately published work icon Pied Piper Nevil Shute , ( trans. Mart Ogen with title Carobni piskac ) Ljubljana : Presernova Druzba , 1976 Z522553 1942 single work novel
— Appears in: Krysolov. Na Berugu 1991;

'John Howard is determined to brighten up his old age by taking a fishing trip to France. However, during his stay the Nazis invade and he is forced to try to escape back to England with the two small children of some friends who are forced to stay behind in order to help the Allied war effort. As the conflict grows closer the roads become impassable and Howard also comes across five more children who need his help. He ends up leading this motley group of youngsters through the French countryside, constantly beset by danger yet heroically protecting his charges.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (2009 Vintage ed.).
13 1 y separately published work icon The Breaking Wave Nevil Shute , ( trans. Vera Bostjancic-Turkova with title Zlomljeni val : roman ) Ljubljana : Presernova Druzba , 1966 Z556496 1955 single work novel war literature

'Alan Duncan returns to his family home in Australia after the war and several years of study in England. But his homecoming is marred by the mysterious suicide of his parents' quiet and reliable parlour-maid. A search through her belongings in search of clues leads to heartbreaking revelations about the woman's identity, the death of Alan's brother Bill, and, above all, the disappearance of his brother's fiancee, Janet.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (2009 Vintage ed.).
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