• Publisher: Mladika
• 224 pages
• Author: Leon Marc
• Original title: Katedrale, male in velike

A novel about contemporary Slovenian Catholic students, placed in fictitious villages somewhere in the Idrija-Cerkljan region, embedded in Sloveneness on both sides of the border and in the wider world: a Jesuit receives a sudden high-ranking visit in the confessional; in the Vatican offices, they are considering a candidate for the Slovenian cardinal, the bishop of Ptuj; the architect Andrej Ličen is given the task of renovating the Republic Square, but the beautiful countryside does not guarantee him and his wife Špela peace of mind; a retired diplomat writes a political fiction novel; three priests who struggle with their loneliness and the challenges of the present time. The eternal and universal interweave with the temporal, national and personal, and the characters of this event each yearn for mystery and mercy in their own way.

About the author

Leon Marc

Leon Marc (1968) is a diplomat and publicist, originally from the Vipava Valley. So far, he has served for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Portugal, the Netherlands and Ireland, while also working as a writer of articles in "Tretji dan" and a correspondent for the "Katoliški glas" (today Novi Glas). He pays a lot of attention to issues of religion and the Church. The novel Cathedrals, small and large is his literary debut.