Authors & Works
Michel Houellebecq: The Map and the Territory
Translation: E. Krššáková, PT 2011
Michel Houellebecq – a writer, poet and movie director, born on the French island of Reunion. He claims allegiance to the legacy of Marquise de Sade and Charles Baudelaire.
Jose Saramago: Elephant’s Journey
Translation:
Jose Saramago – a Portuguese writer, and the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature for 1998. He has written 25 books.
György Dragomán: White King
Translation: G. Magová, Kalligram 2008
Gyorgy Dragomán – Hungarian writer and translator born in Transylvania. The author of the novel White King, which has been translated into 28 languages. The story takes place in Romania.
Herta Müller: Today I'd Rather Not Meet Myself
Translation: A. Bžoch, Artforum 2011
The novel describes a tram journey of a young woman to the building of the secret police. She reminiscences about her life on her way to the hearing. The German writer of the Romanian origin received the Nobel Prize for Literature for 2009. She repeatedly returns to the horrors and banality of evil during the Communist dictatorship.
Harry Mulish: The Discovery of Heaven
Translation: A. Bžoch, Slovart 2006
Onno, a linguist, Mas, an astronomer and Ada, their shared girlfriend. Quiten their mutual child. The providence pulls the strings and everything leads towards the saving of one of the sacraments, which will divert the definitive destruction and damnation. Irony, black humour and light topics alternate with serious issues of the civilisation and ethics.
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