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22.03.2022.
Zagreb, HR

“Philosophy of Lying“ in Kutija Slova

On Februrary 25ᵗʰ, editor, author and libronaut Kristijan Vujičić showcased Norwegian philosopher Lars Fr. H. Svendsen's book Philosophy of Lying in the Croatian Radiotelevision radio show Kutija slova. Speaking about Svendsen's style, Vujičić highlighted: The book Philosophy of Lying, masterfully translated by Mišo Grundler, I must add, is a great nonfiction title in which the author, through hi...

15.03.2022.
Zagreb, HR

An excerpt from the book "The Long Hangover" in Nacional's "Feljton"

An excerpt from the 2019 book The Long Hangover was published in No. 78 of Nacional’s “Feljton” from March 8ᵗʰ. In this critical insight, British historian and journalist, expert in Eastern and Central European history, Shaun Walker, explains Putin’s wish of a reformed Soviet Union and the background of his current war in Ukraine. This book maps Putin’s mission of filling the void left by the col...

25.02.2022.
Zagreb, HR

Luan Starova died

Yesterday (February 24, 2022) we were surprised and shocked by the news that a great friend of TIM Press, academician Luan Starova, a Macedonian writer, diplomat and translator, died at the age of 81 in Skopje. Starova was born on August 14, 1941 in Pogradec, Albania. In 1943, he moved with his family to Macedonia, where he lived briefly in Struga and Tetovo, and since 1945 he lived in Skopje. He...

11.02.2022.
Zagreb, HR

Who is My Other? Ryszard Kapuściński in Vijenac

Petra Miočić Mandić has on January 27ᵗʰ written a review for Vijenac about the recently published Ryszard Kapuściński book of lectures The Others. Writing about Kapuściński’s thesis of a very prolonged history of the sociological question of the Other, Miočić Mandić emphasizes: “Even before the aristocratic and intellectual elites of the Old Continent accepted the entity of the Other with a capit...

31.01.2022.
Zagreb, HR

Central Asian imaginarium in Mediteran

Mediteran, the literary edition of Novi list published Jaroslav Pecnik’s review of the Fatland travelogue Sovietistan. While pointing out the travelogue’s achievements, Pecnik highlighted: “The author has studiously approached the matter, and has enriched it with splendid observations on her trip through Central Asia with a series of details she had seen and heard through direct contact with vari...

27.01.2022.
Zagreb, HR

Erika Fatland for Večernji: “The peoples and cultures most removed from Russian are in fact the Central Asian ones”

On the occasion of the first Croatian edition of her Sovietistan, Erika Fatland gave Branimir Pofuk an interview for Obzor and Večernji list. Speaking about her experience of Russia and the former Soviet Union during her visit to the Caucasus, Fatland highlighted: “There, on the field, I already experienced and realized the fact that Russia isn’t just made up of Russian, just like the former Sovi...

13.01.2022.
Zagreb, HR

Aspects of the New Right-Wing Extremism, „a frighteningly current“ book in the Annals

The Annals of the Croatian Political Science Association published Damjan Stanić’s review of the Adorno book Aspects of the New Right-Wing Extremism. Writing about the relatively quick translation of Adorno’s book, initially lectured back in 1967, but not transcribed and published until 2019, Stanić highlights: „Aspects of the New Right-Wing Extremism is a completely atypical book on political th...

04.01.2022.
Zagreb, HR

All DElibriLATORs in one place

We have revitalized book promotions! All three DelibriLATORs are now available on TIM press’ YouTube channel. Take a look at how our guests, moderated by experienced Croatian Radiotelevision editor and presenter Vlatka Kolarović and accompanied by electronic music maestro Plazmatick, presented a total of nine House of Good Books titles. From a European point of view, Višeslav Raos told us abo...

08.12.2021.
Zagreb, HR

The Border in BestBook

Petra Miočić Mandić's review of The Border, the newest Croatian translation of this Luan Starova novel from his Balkan saga, has been published in BestBook. Writing about the moment the legend of the Ohrid dragon becomes a story of pointless suffering and mindless destruction, Miočić Mandić highlights: “However, the rare joys and overwhelming problems of the Starovas during their exile take up a ...

06.12.2021.
Zagreb, HR

DElibriLATOR – What translators read when they’re not translating

Let us revitalize book promotions! The DElibriLATOR program, which is to have its final edition in December in club Pločnik, is the place to be for all lovers of good books and good tunes. Our guests will present nine House of Good Books titles over three shows, all moderated by experienced Croatian Radiotelevision editor and presenter Vlatka Kolarović, while one of Croatia’s leading electronic ...