• Publisher: Mladika
• 112 pages
• Author: Dušan Jelinčič
• Original title: Šepet nevidnega morja, dvanajst tablet svinca

The short novel Whisper of the Invisible Sea, twelve tablets of lead is a dramatic story about one of the founders and leaders of the anti-fascist organization TIGR, Zorko Jelinčič. During the dark years of the fascist reign of terror and the Second World War, Zorko Jelinčič spent nine years in Italian prisons (Koper, Rome, San Gimignano, Civitavecchia) and in the area of confinement (Isernia). From these scenes of horror and terror, only a few words, fragments written on a sheet of paper have been preserved, which in the present book address us with the directness and poignancy of the truth. Page after page, the story of Zorko Jelinčič which was marked by extreme personal and historical trials, is revealed to the reader. His intimate confession is chanted by key, meaning-laden words associated with suffering, pain and rebellion.

About the author

Dušan Jelinčič

Dušan Jelinčič (Trieste, 1953) is a writer, journalist and alpinist. In his works, he deals with various topics: mountaineering, historical, criminal and fantastic-mystical. He wrote several novels "Zvezdnate noči" (Starry Nights); "Biseri pod snegom" (The Pearls under the snow); "Tema na pomolu" (Darkness on the pier); "Umor pod K2" (Murder under the K2); "Budovo oko" (The Eye of Buddha); "Bela dama Devinska" (The White Lady from Devin) etc.; essays "Eseji z zahodnega roba" (Essays from the Western Edge); dramatic texts "Kobarid 38. Kronika atentata" (Kobarid 38. Chronicle of an assassination); "Aleksander od kresnic" (Aleksander of fireflies) etc.; and short stories "Tržaške prikazni" (Ghosts of Trieste); "Legenda o človeku, ki je govoril z vetrom" (The legend of the man who spoke to the wind); "Prazne sobe" (Empty rooms) etc. His works have been translated into Italian, German and Croatian.