{"product_id":"in-elviss-room-9789533514741","title":"In Elvis's Room","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSebastijan Pregelj's award-winning novel,\u003ci\u003e In Elvis's Room\u003c\/i\u003e, tells the turbulent story of Slovenian independence from the perspective of Jan, an only child growing up in Ljubljana. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jan's life in 1980s Yugoslavia is idyllic, filled with family outings, \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, and good friends. But as Jan gets older, and the ties that have held together Yugoslavia begin to tatter, the contours of life change. He and his friends, Elvis and Peter, are bullied walking to and from school, because Elvis is Muslim and Peter is a bookworm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The friends stand by one another, strengthening not only their friendships but those of the families, particularly Elvis's. Jan spends many happy hours with Elvis's family, but then he is called up for military service and good times are replaced with whispers about religion and purges.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Elvis's Room\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e confronts historyboth its beauty and horrorwithout hiding anything, and in doing so tells a highly nuanced, emotionally-charged story about living with memories from a country that no longer exists and what it requires of individuals to carry that immense weight.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Sandorf Passage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53518293827927,"sku":"9789533514741","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/in-elviss-room-9789533514741","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}