Boštjan Gorenc - Pyjamas networked 50 literary classics and their works in his book– he spared neither Prešeren nor Muca copatarica – and interpreted them (online) according to the times. Now you will finally find out who likes Uršika Zalo on Facebook, what kind of email the greedy sparrow received from the Social Security Administration, who "ate all the millet for her son herself", and what the gossip magazines are writing about the celebrity and businessman Martin Krpan.
BOOK REVIEWS:
"There is no secret: if Prešeren were alive today, he would be the king of all trolls, Levstik would live-tweet his journey from Litija to Čatež, and Cankar would beg for likes on Facebook. And if you were bored reading Slovenian literary classics at school, you will now be dying of laughter. sLOLvenian Classics 1 puts Slovenian literature online and makes it viral. The release date of the book sLOLvenian Classics 1 will forever remain in the minds of Slovenists as Pajama Day. We will mark it by staying in our pajamas all day – in memory of the moment when Slovenian literature stopped being deadly serious and people started reading Slovenian literary classics with knowledgeable smiles." - Aljoša Harlamov, literary historian
"Gorenc has written a timeless book of witty and infectious language exercises, which begins with aplomb on the first page with the extremely well-received Urška's dance on Facebook and then in a deft arc circles the Slovenian literary landscape. SLOVENSKI klasiki 1, which with its issue announces sequels, is bursting with numerous references to the old and the young, to the past and the present. Gorenc's full breadth is on display here (no pun intended) and it's okay if you don't catch all the tones and undertones in the first one (and if you do, SAZAS will come out anyway). The book is simply calling for us to pick it up several times and brighten up our day. Otherwise, we can always use Google to help us." - Damjan Zorc, Peripetije blog
"The greatest value of the Slovenian classics, I think, lies in how it deals with the thesis of our folklore, which was raised above, that the attitude towards Slovenian classics must be nurtured in the manner of a certain necessity, which resides above the individual's comfort and therefore acts as a discourse that does not care about readability. Pižama dragged Slovenian classics into the comfort zone and, by approaching them in a contemporary environment, showed that he still cares about readability. At the same time, he did not take away anything from the necessity of dealing with the classics, reading them, interpreting them and breathing life into them again and again. In this case, filled with plenty of laughter. Pižama wrote a great book. #sampovem." - Tomaž Bešter, blog Kon-teksti
