Split: Ivica Prtenjaca, writer and my publisher’s PR

Sibenik: Ivo Bresan, a living legend of Croatian literature. It was an honor discussing my book with this man.

The book tour was a fantastic but tiring experience. A friend, a great American writer who just finished his tour told me “I think I’d rather have eye surgery on a helicopter than do another book tour.” No, it’s not that bad – we are just a bit exhausted when it’s over. It takes a lot of energy to sit in front of the audience, always with a new moderator who is a very clever person and discuss things like emancipation, crisis of a system, confusion of a generation and your private experiences. Then come the interviews….. But it is extremely rewarding meeting people who are interested in what you do, write and think. I had some great questions from the audience. So here a big THANK YOU to everybody who came and supported me on this great adventure.

And here a task to my readers and friends:

In Sibenik, I was interviewed for the national television by a young and very charming reporter. He obviously contemplated about his questions because he started the interview with a great one: “So, what happens when Barbie finds the vibrator?”

I have to admit I was so confused by the question that I asked them to stop shooting and give me a moment to think. Not very cool, isn’t it?

I still don’t have the answer….

This is why I was thinking: The readers of this blog seem to be clever, witty and fun people, so why not ask you guys to help find a good answer?

So, tell me:

What happens when Barbie finds the vibrator?

Pula: Zdenka Viskovic, a writer who understands my book better than I do. And Vlado Mandic, a journalist from Glas Istre.

Zagreb: Zdravko Zima, a literary critic and a fantastic mind. And Sandra Mlakar, my ediotr.

My book tour started in Pula, the ancient Roman city on the north of the Croatian coast. The presentation was fantastic – and completely different from my presentation in Zagreb in May, as the book just came out. In Zagreb, I was asked only about the parties, the men and shopping. In Pula, my book was presented by Ms Zdenka Viskovic-Vukic, a poet and president of Pula Film Festival. Zdenka understood what the book really is about and for one hour, we talked about the pain of growing up under the pressure of today’s deformed society, about trying to find real values in this mass of artificial values, about the process of putting it all out and shedding your skin – in order to find the true YOU. The audience was fantastic. I hope that the rest will run just as good.

Thank you, Zdenka. And thank you, Pula.