''The Collector of Names'' is a
horror
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Genres
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**Psychological horror, a subgenre of horror fiction
**Christmas horror, a subgenre of horror fiction
**Analog horror, a subgenre of horror fiction
* ...
novel by
Miha Mazzini
Miha Mazzini (born 3 June 1961) is a Slovenian writer, screenwriter and film director with thirty published books, translated in ten languages. He has a PhD in anthropology from the Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis and has MA in Creative Writi ...
.
It was first published in
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
in 1993 and it was finalist of the Vladimir Slejko Prize for best novel of the year.
Plot
The story is set on a small island in the
Mediterranean Sea
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. Students are coming to party, local pensioners are having their own fun, and suddenly there is a child among them asking them for their names. The person who actually answers him, giving away his name and identity, sinks into personal annihilation.
References
External links
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1993 novels
1990s Slovenian novels
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