Telegram Books: Povídky: Short Stories by Czech Women

Edited by Nancy Hawker

This collection brings together authors of different generations, styles and backgrounds.

A lyrical, mysterious tour through Prague mixes history with legend and everyday reality. A child's philosophical reflections on the Christian concept of sinfulness lead him to resolve to sin 'just a little bit'. A witty style informs stories of drunken men bantering over interminable card games, teenage girls smoking in school toilets, and a woman whose salvation comes in the unexpected form of pickled men's buttocks. For the first time in an anthology of translated Czech literature, this book also features two short stories written by Czech Roma.

These Czech women express their multiple perspectives on social and intimate issues with sometimes biting, sometimes gentle, insight into human nature.

Posted by Nancy on December 31, 2005 02:25 PM to Telegram Books