Sample from the audiobook "Nostalgija po prihodnosti" (Nostalgia for the future)

  Authors

Babnik Ouattara, Gabriela

  Item identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/11356/2642

 Project URL

https://beletrinadigital.si/

 Demo URL

https://beletrinadigital.si/zvocna-knjiga/nostalgija-po-prihodnosti---zvocna

 Date issued

2026-11-09

 Type

audio, corpus

 Size

169 minutes

 Language(s)

Slovenian

 Description

This entry contains the first part of the audiobook "Nostalgija po prihodnosti" (Nostalgia for the future) by author Gabriela Babnik Ouattara, narrated by Nika Korenjak (COBISS.ID 304778755, ISBN 978-961-298-633-9). Although it incorporates certain elements from the life of the renowned Slovenian painter Ivana Kobilca, the novel "Nostalgia for the future" is not a biography; rather, it is a subversion of the realistic depiction of the world. It is a fictional story about a painter named Iva who, at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, worked primarily in foreign capitals—most notably Paris, Sarajevo, and Berlin. There, she mingled with prominent figures in the world of painting and encountered various artistic movements, which left their mark on her portraits, still lifes, and landscapes. In addition to Iva’s unique character—the protagonist prioritized art far above her family life or romantic relationships—and her affair with her Black lover, Gretor (also a painter and art collector), the novel explores the status of women within the predominantly male-dominated art world of that era. It also addresses the evolution of art from the Secessionist style toward more experimental forms, the themes of otherness and belonging, and the so-called "hysterical attacks"—a phenomenon that was quite "popular" at the time and served as one of many defense mechanisms for women.

 Publisher

Beletrina

 Acknowledgement

Slovenian Book Agency JR2-RDZ-2026 "Development of Digital Publishing"

 Subject(s)

audiobook

 Collection(s)

CLARIN.SI digital editions

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