Bobri Beavers

Pred nekaj tedni mi je dedek rekel, naj za darilce ob godu izberem eno od knjig z njegovih polic. To sem storila včeraj, objavljam pa danes, na mednarodni dan muzejev.

Izbirala sem počasi in z užitkom, na koncu pa sem se odločila za Bobre Janeza Jalna. Razlog je zelo preprost: zelo znana knjiga, ki govori o življenju mostiščarjev na ozemlju današnjega ljubljanskega barja okoli leta 2000 pr. n. št., ki pa je kljub temu še nisem prebrala. Poleg tega mi je blizu tudi tematika; zgodovina našega ozemlja.

Komaj čakam, da jo začnem brati. Resda trenutno ni kaj veliko odvečnega časa, pa vseeno; poletje prihaja!
Prav gotovo bom v knjigi našla navdih za kakšno novo sliko.

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Few weeks ago, at my name-day, my grandfather gave me beautiful gift: to choose one of the books from his shelfs. I finally did it yesterday and posting it today on international day of museums.
I have been choosing slowly and with delight and at the end I decided for a book Bobri (Beavers) by Slovenian writer Janez Jalen. He wrote it in 1942-43.

The book is about a prehistory on our territory, about 2000 years BC, at the end of the stone and beginning of the copper age. At that time there was a big lake with pile-dwelling settlements on ljubljansko barje (Ljubljana’s marshland on the south-east part of the city). The story is based on archaeological discoveries and describes the life of people and their culture at the time.

I hardly wait to start reading it. I haven’t much time right now, but the summer is coming!
Seems like everybody have read this famous book but me and that is one of the reasons I chose it. The other reason is that I adore themes about our history.
I’ll definitely find an inspiration in it to paint something regarding the Ljubljana barje’s ancient settlements one day.