As part of this year's Fabula selection, which kicks off the month of national reading in March in partnership with the Slovenian Literary Critics' Association and the Celje Central Library, we will present a collection of short stories In my closet Mirana Likar (Miš, 2025). The book is part of a selection of the best literary works by Slovenian authors from the last two years, selected by a group of renowned literary experts and literary critics. The collection In my closet was included in the selection by Martina Potisk, who highlights the work as an exceptionally well-thought-out and compositionally perfect short prose book.

“In my closet is a collection of short stories by Mirana Likar, which successfully serves with flowing writing, an ear for psychological undertones and thoughtfully arranged narrative premises; we witness an often surprising, but always spontaneous play on storytelling elements, which already attracts attention, but most of all with a telling narrative composition, practiced on two imaginatively intertwined axes – personal and intertextual. The latter is especially fortunately testified to by the presence of a »story within a story«, and in its own way also a »book with a red thread«, which is fully developed against the background of the protagonist’s reading of the manual by American fashion editor Nina Garcia. For reading leads not only to a state of ecstasy, but also to tense contemplation and memories washed up from the depths of the subconscious; through the picturesque arc of thought, everyday scenes and projections of past experiences are revealed, as well as images of aging, maturation, passing away, and the present and existence as such, "The strands of the story unfold before the reader, as if they were being pulled from shelves covered with dreamlike glimpses, subtle and fleeting, but inspired by rectilinear accents and meaningful overtones." – Martina Potisk

We invite you to join us for a conversation with the author, in which we will shed light on the creation of the collection, its narrative composition, and the relationships between personal memory, literary form, and the intertextual layers that the work opens up. The conversation will be moderated by Samo Roš.