A novel that offers a timely and important viewpoint on the immigration experience about the need for resistance to blind assimilation in a host country. In 1968, in search of a better world, a young person flees her country and ends up in Switzerland... Zobraziť viac
Stories that entwine the mundane with the mystical, written by a cult favorite Slovakian writer. An unhappily married woman is impregnated by her elderly neighbor who lives in a building across the street and with whom she has never had any physical... Zobraziť viac
An introduction to the work of acerbic Slovak writer Peter Macsovszky. Simon Blef, who comes from “a small, stifling country without a sea” in some corner of Europe, has gone to live in the Netherlands. There he has found a wife and hopes he may yet... Zobraziť viac
This poetry collection masterfully weaves themes of identity, resilience, and the search for meaning against the backdrop of an endless winter. Katarína Kucbelová’s whitewards is a haunting and deeply moving sequence of poems that unfolds in a stark... Zobraziť viac
The moving yet humorous story of a girl struggling to care for herself and others in post-communist Slovakia... Zobraziť viac
Poems from a new Slovak voice reminiscent of Rilke and Sharon Olds. An evocative collection by Slovak poet Eva Luka, The Minotaur’s Daughter seamlessly melds the human and natural worlds, weaving motifs of mythology, nature, and personal freedom... Zobraziť viac
Set in Slovakia, a revealing narrative about contemporary society. An accidental pregnancy, a good-looking man who cares about no one but himself, marriage because the man “had a bit of a Christian upbringing,” divorce―that is the trajectory of... Zobraziť viac
A glimpse into the world of young people, modern nomads, roving in search of a new and promising life. The Moon in Foil traces the stories of Petra, Natália, Anka, Mika, Juliana, and Jackie as they go out into the world in search of a better life—or... Zobraziť viac
A beautifully written and moving story about the power of tradition and the importance of women’s stories. The Bonnet, the first work of prose by Slovak poet Katarína Kucbelová, defies easy pigeonholing: both political and personal, it is a work... Zobraziť viac
An engrossing novel about the lives in a small Slovak town during the tumultuous twentieth century... Zobraziť viac
Traditional African narrative forms combined with European modernism. The stories comprising The Healer, Marek Vadas’s first collection, which was originally published in 2006, are steeped in the culture, rituals, and traditions of Africa, blurring... Zobraziť viac
Uncover a hidden world where ancient secrets and forbidden desires intertwine. A journey of self-discovery awaits. Zobraziť viac
In Martin Rowson's "The Waste Land", private detective Chris Marlowe is tasked with getting to the bottom of the most impenetrable of all modernist mysteries: namely T. S. Eliot's "The Wasteland". Cunningly contrived, this irreverent graphic parody is... Zobraziť viac
