New edition of one of Ugresic's most beloved collections From the story of Štefica Cvek to "The Kharms Case," the pieces in Lend Me Your Character—comprised on the novella "Štefica Cvek in the Jaws of Life" and the story collection "Lend Me Your Character"—are always smart and endlessly entertaining. The former story paints a picture of a harassed and vulnerable typist whose life is shaped entirely by cliches. She searches endlessly for an elusive romantic love in a narrative punctuated by threadbare advice from women's magazines and constructed like a sewing pattern. The latter story is one of Ugresic's funniest and is about the strained relationship between a persistent translator and an unresponsive publisher. Added to this new edition are the pieces "How to Ruin Your Own Heroine" (about Śtefica Cvek) and "Button, Button Who's Got the Button?"
