This is a collection of nine essays in which the author discusses the more important works of authors I.Svevo, D.Lessing, J.Littell, Maxine Hong Kingston, A.S.Byatt, K.Ishiguro, G.Swift, F.McCourt and the Slovenian writer L.Kovačič. It is mainly in-depth analysis of novels, their settings, and at the same time she also discuss of importance / understanding of translated literature for, in this case, Slovenian readers. #NfNov