Best European Fiction 2014

by Drago Jančar, editor

Rating: 4 (1 vote)

Tags: Male author Anthology

Best European Fiction 2014

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Read Around The World Challenge user profile avatar for Lauren
(5 months ago)
23 Apr, 2025
I picked this up specifically for the Slovenia story "The Pool" by Vesna Lemaic which was translated from Slovenian by Spela Bibic. I really enjoyed this 21 page short story. It's a slow build (as much as a short story can be anyway), but it's absolutely creepy and unsettling. I have questions and I want to know more. For example: what kind of pool is that, what did Martin's brother do, will anyone get away, what happens if the pool gets drained? Also, as a redhead, I've experienced quite a few bad sunburns, but I didn't know one could have a smell? Or, maybe that person was already dead and were just extra crispy?

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