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Paloma Negra (novel)
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Wikipedia article
'Paloma Negra' is a novel by Miha Mazzini. It was first published in Slovenia in 2012.
Plot
The novel is set in Yugoslavia in 1950 under the communist regime. David is an officer who doesn't want to sign killing order for the political prisoners and he is exiled in a small village high in the mountains where rules of its own apply, set up by Michael, head of local band of smugglers. The travelling cinema comes to the village and after one singing Mexican melodrama, younger villagers start to dress like Mexicans and form a musical band. David is amused but the everything soon goes out of hand and David's superiors are coming to see how he is maintaining order in the village.[http://www.mihamazzini.com/EN/paloma/default.html Miha Mazzini's webpage]
Translations
*Slovenian edition was published in 2012 by Beletrina.[http://www.knjigarna-beletrina.com/knjigarna/beletrina/paloma-negra/10125 Beletrina, Slovenian publisher]
*English edition was published in 2014 by Open books.
References
Category:2012 novels
Category:Slovenian novels
Category:Novels set in the 1950s
Category:Novels set in Yugoslavia
Category:Fiction set in 1950
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