Sample from the audiobook "Južni veter" (Southern wind)

  Authors

Marjan, Tomšič

  Item identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/11356/2311

 Project URL

https://www.audibook.si/

 Demo URL

https://audibook.si/book/xyvx

 Referenced by

https://audibook.si/book/xyvx

 Date issued

2026-08-03

 Type

audio, corpus

 Size

243 minutes

 Language(s)

Slovenian

 Description

This entry contains the first part of the audiobook "Južni veter" (Southern wind) by author Marjan Tomšič (COBISS ID: 286560259, ISBN: 978-961-7166-26-2). The book brings together stories of the Alexandrian women, as Slovenian women who went to Egypt to work as wet nurses, servants, and companions were known. Their names are fictional, but the stories are based on real events. In search of a better income, these women found themselves in a foreign world with an unfamiliar culture, language, and religion. At the time, Alexandria was considered a major economic and commercial center, where ships arrived from all over the world. It was also a cosmopolitan city where European and Egyptian cultures met, as did members of the elite and ordinary workers, while Muslim and Catholic faiths coexisted. People spoke Arabic as well as French and English. The Alexandrian women left their young children at home and traveled to Egypt to nurse other people's children, torn emotionally between their families back home and the families they served in Egypt. Some left when they were young, while others were older, in order to pay off debts, protect their homes and farms, and ensure their families' survival. When they returned, their children no longer knew them, and they had grown distant from their husbands and other family members. They faced all kinds of conflicting emotions, while those around them were far from compassionate and spread all sorts of rumors about them. The author portrays their stories, suffering, and emotional turmoil with great sensitivity. The writing also incorporates words from the Primorska dialect. The book is deeply dramatic, and when the reader puts it down, they are left shaken to the core.

 Publisher

KUD AAC Zrakogled

 Acknowledgement

Slovenian Book Agency JR1-RDZ-2025 "Development of Digital Publishing"

 Subject(s)

audiobook

 Collection(s)

CLARIN.SI digital editions

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