THE SLOVENIAN SOUL (reprint presentation)

With the power of art, which is the reflection of nation's soul, the intention of this special book is to bring to attention the prevailing qualities of the Slovenian people – honesty, an intense sense of justice, moderate expression of feelings, compassion for the suffering, a respectful attitude toward nature, and so on. With the outstanding selection of the creations from the opus of 70 writers, including: Trubar, Valvasor, Vodnik, Slomšek, Prešeren, Trdina, Gregorčič, Finžgar, Kette, Cankar, Župančič, Voranc, Maurerjeva, and Dekleva, the editor overreached the initial intent to present the Slovenian national character,  by far. The book is a unique treasure of life’s wisdom; “grandma’s chest” which strengthens the beauty within the man, permanently noble.
There is another specialty of The Slovenian Soul – it’s about the conversation between word and image: on the left the text, on the right an artistic image. The paintings from the painters – Jože Ciuha, France Slana, Tomaž Perko, Dušan Sterle, Stane Jagodič, Jože Kotar, Franc Vozelj, Veljko Toman, Klavdij Palčič, etc. testify about the magic of mixing of the word and image, and about the living same stages of artists today and centuries ago.