An TSlaivein

rsciln seo a chaitheas sil ar an tSlaivin, tr bheag shamhailteach in Oirthear na hEorpa. Chonaic muintir na tre seo an tUileloscadh agus an Stailneachas, ach nor briseadh a meanma n a misneach faoi bhr na staire grnna seo fin. Anois, fach, gheal l na saoirse agus d'imigh scil an tSivadachais, ach thinig garchim nua ag bagairt ar an tr n taobh istigh.

Fear g ogair Adam Jokamies a thinig i gcrann i gCroch Lochlann, beag beann ar an gcinel cruatan a ndeachaigh muintir na Slaivine trd. D'fhg an tSlaivin faoi dhraocht , fach, agus ag tabhairt aghaidhe ar an tr anois le teanga na tre a fhoghlaim.

T an t-rscal seo ag cur thar maoil le cultr agus le cuimhn cinn Oirthear na hEorpa, rud is annamh a d'fheicfe i litrocht na Gaeilge. Ach is scal gr chomh maith, agus ar na cinn is eartai sa teanga. ---

This novella is set in Slavenia, a small imaginary country in Eastern Europe. Although its inhabitants experienced both the Holocaust and Stalinism, their spirit and courage remained unbroken. Slavenia is now a free and independent country, but a new internal crisis seems to threaten the fledging democracy.

The hero, Adam Jokamies, a sensitive young man from Scandinavia, is unaware of the great hardship the Slavenians have suffered in the recent past. He is nonetheless so entranced by Slavenia and its distinctive character, that he has come to the country to learn its language.

Unusually for Irish literature, the culture of Eastern Europe and the history of the region are everywhere in this book. The novella is also, however, a love story and indeed one of the most erotic tales ever written in modern Irish.