Bloomsday 2017 in Ljubljana

We are happy to announce a Bloomsday celebration in Ljubljana.

Beletrina and Drama are putting on a Literary Journey to celebrate Bloomsday on Friday, 16 June, at 17.00 at the Drama café.

In early June, Dublinesca, a new novel by Enrique Vila-Matas, considered a Spanish classic by one of the greatest contemporary authors, will be published by Beletrina Academic Press. Dublinesca is set on 16 June, which is no ordinary day but Bloomsday, a day in the life of Leopold Bloom, immortalized by James Joyce, celebrated by the Irish, making it globally one of the few days acknowledging a literary hero.

Where is the boundary between fiction and reality? This is a question roughly raised by the protagonist of Dublinesca, Samuel Riba, a publisher, who has followed his captivating dream and travelled to Dublin, where he is determined to bury his collapsing line of business. As he does so, he is being watched by Beckett, and pursued by the authors, whom he lived with and left behind.

Passages from the novel will be presented by Gregor Baković, a resident member of the of SNT Drama Ljubljana ensemble.

Tickets (2€) for the event are available at the Drama Box Office. No admission fee for members of Drama Club, Teen Club and Hamlet Club. Book early to avoid disappointment.