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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 abducts twin babies. Jarka teeters on the edge of disaster, and while struggling to care for the babies, she discovers herself. With a vivid and unapologetic eye, Monika Kompaníková captures the universal quest for genuine human relationships amid the emptiness and ache of post-communist Europe. Boat Number Five, which was adapted into an award-winning Slovak film, is the first of two books that launch Seagull's much-anticipated Slovak List.
Zakup książki
Boat Number Five, Monika Kompaníková
- Język
- Rok wydania
- 2022
- Oprawa
- (twarda)
Metody płatności
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- Tytuł
- Boat Number Five
- Język
- angielski
- Autorzy
- Monika Kompaníková
- Wydawca
- Seagull Books London Ltd
- Rok wydania
- 2022
- Oprawa
- twarda
- Liczba stron
- 212
- ISBN10
- 0857428896
- ISBN13
- 9780857428899
- Seria
- Kategorie
- Tagi
- Tematy historyczne, Literatura współczesna, Literatura słowacka, Filmowa adaptacja, Ogród, Transport wodny & Łodzie, Pragnienie, Morza & Oceany, Dzieciństwo, Porwania, Samotność, Słowacja, Narracja, Adopcja, Bratysława, Parowce, Słowackie powieści
- Pierwsze wydanie
- 2010
- Oryginalna nazwa
- Piata loď
- Ocena
- 4 z 5
- Opis
- 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 abducts twin babies. Jarka teeters on the edge of disaster, and while struggling to care for the babies, she discovers herself. With a vivid and unapologetic eye, Monika Kompaníková captures the universal quest for genuine human relationships amid the emptiness and ache of post-communist Europe. Boat Number Five, which was adapted into an award-winning Slovak film, is the first of two books that launch Seagull's much-anticipated Slovak List.