Literarno ustvarjanje slovenskih izseljencev v Avstraliji v angleškem jeziku: Drugi pristanek Victorije Zabukovec

The article at first describes the bilingual literary creativity of Slovene migrants in Australia. These migrants, among them the discussed Victoria Zabukovec, already regard Australia as their new home. Zabukovecs novel The Second Landing, published in 1993, is based on the life experiences of her Slovene husband, prior to and posterior to his emigration to Australia immediately after World War Two. It represents a typical and successful example of historical fiction, with elements of fiction and fictionalized biographies, recounting the life experiences of protagonists from various countries of Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. She tries to be all along objective and for the most part does not comment on the fatal events, for which the protagonists seem predetermined and which they cannot avoid.Članek najprej opredeli dvojezično literarno ustvarjalnost slovenskih izseljencev v Avstraliji, med njimi je tudi Victoria Zabukovec, tistih, ki že pojmujejo Avstralijo kot svoj novi dom. Roman Zabukovčeve The Second Landing, objavljen leta 1993, temelji na življenjskih izkušnjah avtoričinega moža Slovenca, pred in po njegovi naselitvi v Avstraliji takoj po drugi svetovni vojni. Predstavlja značilen in uspešen primer zgodovinske proze, z elementi fikcije in romansiranih biografij. Roman opisuje življenjske izkušnje protagonistov iz različnih dežel vzhodne in jugovzhodne Evrope. Avtorica skuša biti ves čas objektivna in povečini ne komentira usodnih dogodkov, za katere se protagonisti zdijo predeterminirani in katerim se ne morejo izogniti