Andrej Morović - Progres, book presentation

Wednesday 8th October at 8 pm - MMC Kibla, the presentation of the book Progres by Andrej Morović hosted by Simona Kopinšek.

A development novel with a strong autobiographical feeling, yet thisbecomes questionable as the first-person narrator begins assumingidentities of other, even real people. Set in today's Slovenia and itssurroundings, the story revolves around the transitional alternativedeveloping behind the walls of Metelkova. The narration is marked byauthor's sharp humour failing to identify with postmodern hustle andbustle. Eventually he choses the path of our ancestors - emigration.

Theauthor is a writer, cineaste, photographer, reporter, organiser ofresounding cultural events and festivals: Živa književnost (LivingLiterature), Slovenski dnevi knjige (Slovenian Book Days), Karantena,Kontradibidon, Trabakula, Gromki festival, the Festival within EuropeanMonth of Culture 1997), festivals at occasions of Metelkovaanniversaries... Andrej Morović, born in 1960 in Ljubljana. Loner. Anunsettled, socially engaged, independent spirit.

The presentation has been prepared in cooperation with Študentska založba publishing.