THE SECRET CALLED ERICH ŠLOMOVIČ
by SLAVKO PREGL AND LEON POGELŠEK
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THE SECRET IS CALLED ERICH ŠLOMOVIČ
(Skrivnost se imenuje Erich Šlomovič)
Bata, a Belgrade antique dealer who does not speak any foreign languages, chooses young Leon from Ljubljana as his assistant for deals around Europe. Bata seems to be someone who will introduce the ambitious art student into the society of elite gallerists and high earnings. This promise becomes even more tangible when in an old villa in Zagreb, whilst buying a magnificent Vienna book case, they come across a dusty catalogue of Šlomovič’s exhibition, in which there is a list of French Impressionist paintings, and others from Modigliani to Renoir, from Kandinsky to Picasso, etc. The paintings disappeared one night in 1939 when two trains collided on their way to an exhibition in Belgrade and since then their fate has been shrouded in mystery. Occasionally they appear on the art market or in articles at home and abroad, even a film has been made about them … In Pregl’s novel, however, the story about the “secret of the Šlomovič” collection, full of lies, twists, deceptions, humour, hedonism and eroticism, is for the first time told by a player who created it from within.
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SLAVKO PREGL (1945) is the author of over fifty books. They have been translated into fifteen languages. He has received a number of awards at home and abroad. He was the president of the Slovene Publishers’ Association, the Reading Badge Society and the Slovene Writers’ Association. Books for adults: Razkošje v glavi (Abundance in the Head) (with Mate Dolenc), 1974; PPP (with Albert Papler and Žarko Petan), 1977; Basni (Fables), 1978; Olimpiada v živalskem vrtu (Olympics in the Zoo), 1990; S knjigo po svetu (Around the World With a Book), 2003; Zadnja želja (Last Wish), 2004; Kukavičje jajce (Cuckoo’s Egg), 2013; Basni (Fables), 2014; Prerok na tankem ledu (Prophet on Thin Ice), 2015; Poker z ničlami (Poker with Zeros), 2016.
LEON POGELŠEK (1963) in 1984 began selling antiques and works of art, first at the flea market in Ljubljana and later also in Trieste, Villach, Graz, Zagreb and Belgrade. Between 1996 and 2001, together with Jaka Prijatelj, he led the gallery Anonimus in Ljubljana. In 2007, he led a cooking show on RTV Slovenia Kuhajmo z Leonom (Cooking with Leon) and published the book Kuhajmo brez zavor (Cooking Without Brakes). In 2013, he took on the curatorship and management of the oldest Ljubljana gallery Galerija Kos in the Nebotičnik passageway.
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- Publisher MLADINSKA KNJIGA ZALOŽBA
- ISBN/Identifier 9789610119388
- Publication Country or regionSlovenia
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleSKRIVNOST SE IMENUJE ERICH ŠLOMOVIČ
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