No one has kissed her like that since… never?! There were the droolers, the biters, the lungers, the devourers, and those dry kisses you exchange instead of words or a greeting. There have been plenty of those in recent years. But a kiss that, in the middle of the night, in the bathroom doorway, stirs up such an anthill between the legs, well…
Mirna is a little over thirty and belongs to the young adults who, despite tireless work, are condemned to living with roommates. To survive in an ever more gentrified Ljubljana, a promising academic career is no longer enough: to cover rent and bills she also works as a tourist guide. When her roommate Laura flees abroad in search of better prospects, Mirna sets out to find a new flatmate. And at the door appears Carlos! The free-spirited Cuban musician is the complete opposite of the grey-mouse Slovene: spontaneous, loud, ambitious, and above all very passionate. No wonder Mirna begins, despite herself, to melt…
A novel that tickles with juiciness and stings with social critique!
“A clear, exciting, socially engaged female voice, hidden behind a passionate love story. Yum.” — Ana Dolinar Horvat
“A Slovene woman and a Cuban man lay each other bare in the novel, and at the same time reveal the cruel reality of precarity and the ossification of academic institutions — at which even Kafka would raise an eyebrow with interest and nod. A cold shower occasionally splashes over the fresh relationship, the kind that, sadly, many experience — here and abroad. A hot book that makes you think deeply!” — Dr. Dan Podjed
Available in print and as an e-book, from Cankarjeva založba (2025).