A comparison of five contemporary Slovene novels (Ločil bom peno od valov by Feri Lainšček, Nespečnost by Vinko Möderndorfer, Ime mi je Damjan by Suzana Tratnik, Bildungsroman by Aljoša Harlamov and Nebesa v robidah by Nataša Kramberger) reveals a great diversity of types of family: neither the traditional two-parent nor the modern single parent type are a pre-condition for a harmonious or inharmonious family unit, as the most crucial factors are empathy, humour and warmth.
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