"The main character of the novel is me, I am Ruby Miller," said the British writer Alexandra Potter at the promotion of her novel "Love Detective" on Tuesday evening at the tenth International Podgorica Book Fair.
"The Love Detective" is her last published work, the sequel of which, as Potter told the gathered readers, is already finished and should be published.
The publisher of the book for Montenegro is "Nova knjiga", and the action of the novel takes place in India.
"One of my biggest passions is travel and I wanted to translate my experiences traveling through India into a book," said Potter.
She said that India delighted her and that what she described in the book is only ten percent of that distant, mystical country.
Ruby Miller, the novel's main character, is, as the writer claims, an atypical girl for the 21st century. She is organized, she knows what she wants, she is also a writer who, after breaking up with her boyfriend, hangs out with an 80-year-old woman from whom she learns many life lessons.
The main character of the novel "The Love Detective" meets people who were strange to her at first, and slowly establishes contact with Indians, and from people who live in catastrophic conditions, she receives what is actually valuable, which, as the author claims, we lose because of the way of life in the 21st century.
"It is difficult to find a parallel between the life of an Englishman and an Indian. "Being poor in England is nowhere near being poor in India," Potter claims.
In India, Ruby Miller realizes how important laughter is to life, the writer claims, and how all life's difficulties can be overcome.
"In the West they told me that you are happy if you want, and in India I realized that not wanting anything means being happier," said the British woman.
She revealed to the readers that the second part will be about love and mysticism.
"Ruby Miller finds, after 17 years, long-lost love letters in Paris," revealed the author.
A former journalist, she began to deal with literature, as she claims, from a childhood dream and because she could not bear the daily train journey to her workplace in London.
"I said: enough more torture on the train, and that's what I solved by writing books," said Potter.
She graduated in British literature and film at the University of Liverpool, and in 1999 she wrote her first work, which she sent to a large number of publishing houses, to which a large number of them responded positively.
"I think I was very happy then, and I think I know what readers want to read," said the author of the romantic comedies "Have We Ever Met", "My Mr. Perfect" and others.
She confirmed that she is also a film lover, in addition to the fact that she studied film along with literature, and her desire to have one of her works translated into a film.
"I've always wanted to write a book that can be turned into a movie because I think the movie and the book are connected, they're just perceived in a different way," Potter said.
After the promotion of "Love Detective", Potter signed the books of those present at the promotion, which she did yesterday, visiting the City Bookstore.
"Voices from a deaf room" at 19 p.m
Today's fair schedule includes a number of interesting promotions. At 13 p.m., Miodrag Lekić's book "On the Road to Damascus", published by "Blue Rider", will be presented. The new book will present Ognjen Spahić's new novel. edition of Laguna and "Vijesti".
New book tomorrow presents another edition, Nikola Malović's new novel "Jedro nade" and Svetozar Savić's novel "Vajar".
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