Ana’s second book “K.O.” will be published by Profil, Zagreb in spring 2010 and by Czernin Verlag, Vienna in fall 2010

In a way, “K.O.” is  a continuation of “From Barbie to Vibrator” but it deals with a new topic – first big crisis in the form of a burnout.  The book  is based on Ana’s own experience with burnout and leads the reader through her one year struggle to raise up. This personal diary of a burnout is mixed with essays analysing our postmodern society. The aim is to find out  why so many young people experience burnout today .

This is a story of losing the meaning and sliding to hell, just to raise up and reinvent yourself. And maybe even to reinvent our whole society.

“From Barbie to Vibrator”

” I love the title. If she was a man, Ana could have written “From Lego to Porno”. But she is definitely a woman. I think feminism is the subject of her first novel. How complicated it is to be a (thinking) girl in the XXIst century. I agree: it must be difficult and painful. Maybe that’s why her book is so funny. She had no choice but to laugh about herself.” Frédéric Beigbeder

“Von der Barbie zum Vibrator” was published by Czernin Verlag, Vienna in June 2009

Es ist eine glitzernde Welt der ambitionierten, selbstbewussten und lebenslustigen jungen Frauen, in die uns Ana Tajder in ihrem Debüt entführt.
Auf dem Weg zum Erwachsensein kommt man als junge Frau an Barbie und Vibrator nicht vorbei – das zumindest erzählt uns die Alltagsheldin in ihrem Tagebuch. In kurzen, teils fiktiven, teils autobiografischen Episoden aus der Großstadt von heute dreht sich alles um Freundschaften, Karriere, Sex und Partys, bis alle Beteiligten gehörig ins Taumeln geraten.

Ana Tajder porträtiert eine Generation, die sich in ihren Freiheiten, Möglichkeiten und Chancen verirrt hat: Sind „Alpha-Mädchen“, die die Gleichberechtigung leben, für die ihre Mütter gekämpft haben, wirklich „alpha“?

“Od Barbie do Vibratora” was published by Profil International, Zagreb in May 2008

In her first book “From Barbie to Vibrator”, Ana Tajder introduces a young woman in her most contemporary form: ambitious, independent, brave, seductive, playful. This Alpha Girl enjoys all the freedom and rights won by previous generations. But, as the book shows, freedom can also mean enough space to get lost. This revealing book of short stories tells about friendship, sex, career, travel, partying, but – most of all – about growing up. These stories pose many questions about women’s emancipation, relationships, destiny, choice, and the degeneracy of our modern society. To find the answers, you will have to look inside yourself.

“Actually, every woman needs six arms.” Cashier (lady) at the bookstore