a nutshell: 80 pages of a stunningly unique world through the eyes of a young girl in an eccentric (matriarchal) family in the years before & after former Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution
a line: “We swapped our barbed wire cage for one made of gold”
an image: when Granny used to say Mum had a clitoris for a brain, Karolína would picture a beautiful flower inside her head – a kind of gladiolus
a thought: from its 10/10 opening to its equally fabulous ending, I found this book absolutely spell-binding; my main thought is I need to reread it
a fact: after reading the novella I learned Kovalyk is a poet, fiction writer, playwright & social worker from eastern Slovakia; these various ‘hats’ totally make sense considering the text’s poetic feel / social commentary
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I do enjoy novellas like this – the brevity can often result in intensity of emotions and ideas.
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Thank you again, I started this on the sleeper train and now reading it in Bratislava and loving it.
There is no way in a million years I’d have found this amazing book myself. I love this blog , so many amazing and unexpected books you have shared. Thanks
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I absolutely loved this one too – it’s such compulsive reading! Thank you so much for your lovely comments. It’s inspiring for me to hear and gives me incentive to get going on a few more reviews of fantastic books I’ve read recently 🙂
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