Izvleček
Število izdanih knjig, celo tistih v slovenskem jeziku, močno presega zmožnosti povprečnega bralca, da bi lahko med njimi suvereno in kakovostno izbiral, kaj šele prebral. Zato so nam lahko v pomoč razna priporočila, recenzije in seznami, ki nam zreducirajo to pestrost na obvladljivejšo število naslovov. Precej velik in pester obseg predstavlja tudi slovenska književnost, kar je seveda pozitivno. Vendar pa se bralec zato težje orientira oz. izbira romane in druga književna dela, ki jih bo prebral. Verjetnost, da bomo zaradi tega izpustili kako pomembno delo, je velika. Kako torej naj ravna bralec, ki bi se na najboljši način rad seznanil s slovenskim romanopisjem, če se omejimo le na en, pri večini bralcev najbolj priljubljen segment književnosti? Seveda lahko koga vpraša za nasvet, prelista reklamne strani in revije o novih knjižnih izdajah, ali pa se stvari loti bolj sistematično. Pri tem je lahko seznam priporočenih romanov več kot dobrodošel. Vendar tovrstnih seznamov za slovenske romane – z izjemo enega relativno skromnega, objavljenega na spletu – nimamo. V podobni zagati se je znašel tudi avtor tega prispevka. Tako se je porodila ideja o pripravi seznama najpomembnejših slovenskih romanov, ki bo v pomoč vsem, ki se soočajo s podobnimi težavami.
Abstract
The Most Important Slovenian Novels
The number of published books, even only those written in the Slovenian language, highly exceeds the ability of an average reader to select among them in a confident and quality manner, let alone read them. For this reason, different recommendations, reviews and lists can be useful in reducing this amount to a more manageable number of titles. The scope of Slovenian literature is rather large and diverse as well, which is of course positive. However, this makes it more difficult for readers to orient themselves and select novels and other literary works they intend to read. The probability of leaving out an important work is therefore strong. Thus, what should readers do to learn more about Slovenian novel writing if we were to limit ourselves to only one and, for most readers, the most popular literary segment? They could certainly ask someone for advice, browse through promotional pages and magazines about new literary releases, or they could take a more systematic approach. Here, a list of recommended novels could come very in handy, but this type of list is non-existent for Slovenian novels – with the exception of one relatively limited online list. The author of this article was in a similar pickle, which was what gave birth to the idea of preparing a list of the most important Slovenian novels, which will be helpful to anyone facing similar problems.