On Thursday, December 1, 2022, the promotion of Barbara Hanuš's bilingual book Uz kafu (Coffee Club) was held at the Jewish Cultural Center in Banja Luka.
Biljana Babić from the Faculty of Philology in Banja Luka conducted a conversation with the former teacher of supply teaching lessons of Slovenian. Barbara Hanuš confided in the audience what prompted her to write a book on the subject of aging, she pointed out that the gift that old age brings us is time. Most of the literary characters in the novel have characteristics of real people whom the author has met in her life. Biljana Babić, who translated the novel into the Serbian language, talked about how the translation process went and what problems she encountered, but above all she emphasized that a lot of coordination with the author is needed so that the content of the Serbian translation corresponds to the Slovenian one. In front of a full hall, the interesting conversation ended with the question of when we can expect a new book by writer Barbara Hanuš, who confided in us that it will be a book for children.
Barbara Goršič
Translation Ana Marjanović
