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ISBN 1 84659 007 8
Genre: Fiction
Publication: 25 May 2006
Format: 13 x 20 cm
Edition: Paperback
Pages: 210pp
Price: £9.99

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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.

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Berková: Who gave, I ask you, you self-appointed inquisitors, who gave you the right to represent your own shallow interests as the interests of the people of this land? (The pot-bellies nod and exhale mist. The pot-belly with the curly tuft takes notes.)
Not only feminist, not only cynical, not only political, the Czech women writers in this collection re-present some perspectives of some people of their land...

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The women's short stories series

You might also like to have a look at other volumes in our short stories series. So far we have seven collections: Iranian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi from our sister company Saqi Books (2005) and Irish, Czech, Lebanese and Palestinian under the Telegram banner (2006). We're planning more for the future, so there's some great reading ahead to look forward to...

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Scéalta: Short Stories by Irish Women
Edited by Rebecca O'Connor.
Povídky: Short Stories by Czech Women
Edited by Nancy Hawker.
Hikayat: Short Stories by Lebanese Women
Edited by Roseanne Khalaf.
Qissat: Short Stories by Palestinian Women
Edited by Jo Glanville.

Published by Saqi

Afsaneh: Short Stories by Iranian Women
Edited by Kaveh Basmenji.
Kahani: Short Stories by Pakistani Women
Edited by Aamer Hussein.
Galpa: Short Stories by Bangladeshi Women
Edited by Niaz Zaman and Firdous Azim.

Let us know what you think of the collections by writing for our Readers' Reviews column. We'd like to hear from you!

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Milena Hübschmannová was a scholar of Roma studies who helped me in my research to include short stories by Czech Roma writers in Povídky. It is with great sorrow that I add my note to the condolences following her tragic...

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'"What is the selling-point of post-Communist literature?" If that is indeed the question, then the humour, acuity and inventiveness of many stories in Povidky must be part of the answer."
- Maya Jaggi, The Guardian

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Until now Jakub had gone to great lengths in order to get into heaven. He did not take God's name in vain, he did not indulge in sinful thoughts and he almost never stole anything. Suddenly that seemed easy, or at least a lot easier than what was ahead of him. For from this day on he must live in sin.

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