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Young women drift through Prague wondering about unplanned pregnancies, a child's reflections on the Christian concept of sinfulness lead him to resolve to sin `just a little bit', drunken men banter over interminable card games, and a woman's salvation comes in the unexpected form of pickled buttocks. Bringing together authors of different generations, styles and backgrounds - including, for the first time in English translation, two stories by Czech Roma - this collection expresses women's multiple perspectives on social and intimate issues with by turns caustic and sensitive insight into human nature.

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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 'Wonderfully diverse, energetic and entertaining.' One Eye Open

Povidky: Short Stories by Czech Women

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    A Paperback by Nancy Hawker, David Short, Kathleen Hayes

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      Publisher: Saqi Books
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 11/05/2006
      ISBN13: 9781846590078, 978-1846590078
      ISBN10: 1846590078

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Young women drift through Prague wondering about unplanned pregnancies, a child's reflections on the Christian concept of sinfulness lead him to resolve to sin `just a little bit', drunken men banter over interminable card games, and a woman's salvation comes in the unexpected form of pickled buttocks. Bringing together authors of different generations, styles and backgrounds - including, for the first time in English translation, two stories by Czech Roma - this collection expresses women's multiple perspectives on social and intimate issues with by turns caustic and sensitive insight into human nature.

      Trade Review
      '"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 'Wonderfully diverse, energetic and entertaining.' One Eye Open

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