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Balla offers an entry into Slovak prose through absurdity, bitterness and fractured family relationships. The English edition combines the title novella with three additional stories. Dobrakovová leads towards psychological crisis, while Kovalyk explores female independence and irreverent imagination. Vilikovský’s Fleeting Snow offers a quieter encounter with memory and loss. Balla’s Polish Niepokój provides another route into his short prose.
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A nameless narrator blames others for his fractured family while ignoring a mysterious presence in his cellar.
Original title: V mene otca
Jantar Publishing · 2017
Translated by Julia Sherwood i Peter Sherwood
Edition source ↗A bitter story of love and maladjustment exposes the absurdity of post-communist everyday life.
Original title: Veľká láska
A young Slovak woman’s volunteering stay in Marseille turns into a psychological crisis.
Stories combine women’s experiences with imaginative freedom and irreverent humour.
Original title: Travesty šou
A growing girl seeks freedom through equestrian performance near the end of communism.
Original title: Krasojazdkyňa
Reflections on memory and identity intersect with the experience of losing a loved one.
Original title: Letmý sneh
Withdrawn, neurotic characters confront solitude and the impossibility of communication.
Original title: Nepokoj
A story collection explores women’s lives, family dependencies and the difficulty of connecting with others.
Original title: Matky a kamionisti
A fragmented narrative of relationships, loneliness and departures, with irony unsettling everyday experience.
Sources on authors and their connections to this country. Specific edition details appear beside each book. Polish and English originals are not labelled as translations.