Contemporary fiction books from Slovakia
Recommended contemporary fiction books (4)
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If you are into contemporary fiction here are some contemporary fiction books from Slovakia for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Boat Number Five by Monika Kompanikova EN
Description:
The moving yet humorous story of a girl struggling to care for herself and others in post-communist Slovakia. Emotionally neglected by her immature, promiscuous mother and made to care for her cantankerous dying grandmother, twelve-year-old Jarka is left to fend for herself in the social vacuum of a post-communist concrete apartment-block jungle in Bratislava, Slovakia. She spends her days roaming the streets and daydreaming in the only place she feels safe: a small garden inherited from her grandfather. One day, on her way to the garden, she stops at a suburban railway station and impulsively... continue
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Das Vermächtnis der Eszter : Roman by Sándor Márai DE
Description:
In einem inneren Monolog rekapituliert Eszter die Begegnung mit ihrer grossen, unglücklichen Liebe Lajos, der sich vor Jahren für ihre Schwester entschieden hatte.
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The Equestrienne by URSULA. KOVALYK EN
Description:
The Equestrienne is a poetic, caustic coming-of-age novel about the desire of one young girl to realise her dreams before and after Velvet Revolution; it is a celebration of friendship between women and also a bitter acknowledgement that greed and the desire for power candestroy any relationship.
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The House of the Deaf Man by Peter Krištúfek EN
Description:
Peter Kritfek's sweeping family saga, covering Slovakia's history from 1938 to the early 2000s, explores the way the pressure of history makes a decent but weak man harm the people around him, skilfully weaving into the narrative extracts from authentic period documents ranging from advertisements to poetry and diaries.