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Povidky: Short Stories by Czech Women
Author(s): Nancy Hawker (Author, Editor)
- Publisher: Telegram Books
- Publication Date: 11 May 2006
- Language: English
- Print length: 210 pages
- ISBN-10: 1846590078
- ISBN-13: 9781846590078
Book Description
Young women drift through Prague wondering about unplanned pregnancies, a child's reflections on the Christian concept of sinfulness lead him to resolve to sin 'just a little bit', drunken men banter over interminable card games, and a woman's salvation comes in the unexpected form of pickled buttocks.
Bringing together authors of different generations, styles and backgrounds including, for the first time in English translation, two stories by Czech Roma this collection expresses women's multiple perspectives on social and intimate issues with by turns caustic and sensitive insight into human nature.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Humour, acuity and inventiveness' Maya Jaggi, The Guardian
'Wonderfully diverse, energetic and entertaining.' --
Bernie Higgins, One Eye OpenAbout the Author
Nancy Hawker is reading Languages and Cultures at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. Raised in France and the Czech Republic, in the course of her studies she has absorbed English, French, Czech, Hebrew and Arabic literature.
