Pod svobodnim soncem
Author | Fran Saleški Finžgar |
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Country | Duchy of Carniola |
Language | Slovene |
Publication date | 1906–1907 |
Pod svobodnim soncem: povest davnih dedov (Under the Free Sun: a Story of the Ancient Grandfathers) is a historical novel by the Slovene writer Fran Saleški Finžgar. The work was initially published in 1906 and 1907 as a feuilleton in the conservative newspaper Dom in svet. It was published in the book form in 1912. It is an extensive narrative oeuvre with nationally motivated content.
Story[]
The novel discusses the settlement of the Slavs in the Balkan Peninsula, when they still lived freely, not subjugated, and without a supreme leader. The novel includes a love story of Iztok, a Slavic warrior travelling to Constantinople (archaic Slovene: Bizanc) and Irena, a court woman there. It idyllically depicts the Slavs as pagans living in harmony with nature.
Cultural references[]
- In 2004, a radio serial, written after the novel by the director Jože Vozny, was recorded by the Slovenian national radio. It was broadcast in summer 2016.
- In November 2016, the Jurij Slatkonja Vocal Academy (mixed choir) from Novo Mesto in collaboration with a number of solo singers premiered an opera based on this novel in the . It was written by the Slovene composer Tom Kobe (born 1988), and it featured the Italian tenor Domingo Stasi and the Croatian bariton Siniša Hapač.
See also[]
- List of Slovenian novels
References[]
- Slovene-language novels
- Novels by Fran Saleški Finžgar
- 1907 novels
- Historical novels
- Novels set in the Byzantine Empire
- Slovenia stubs
- European novel stubs
- 1900s novel stubs