“I opened my eyes and saw Nabil standing over me. In a voice shaking with excitement, he anounced that the Wall had fallen… I tapped my forehead to indicate he was imagining things.” By Hubert Klimko-Dobrzaniecki, translated from Polish by Julia and Peter Sherwood.
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“At a time when everything—from artificial insemination to your own death—is available for money, the task of the novel should be to expose the way this world really works.” Radka Denemarková talks to Zuzana UliÄianska.
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“We are not the ones who ultimately decide whether an author will shape the cultural awareness of a nation. Which is fortunate.” In our latest Author of the Month interview, Daniela Kapitáňová talks to Jacob Silkstone.
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“I was standing in Priscilla’s garden and felt my body getting bigger… My legs and arms disappeared and I was rolling towards the fringed tulips.” Story of the Week (March 14), by UrÅ¡uľa Kovalyk. Translated from Slovak by Julia Sherwood.
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“When I write I spend a lot of time weighing every word — although ultimately I end up picking the wrong word anyway.” Radhika Malaviya interviews Slovak writer Balla, The Missing Slate’s Author of the Month.
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“Today I’ve become a writer again because it’s raining, and when it’s raining I can’t collect cardboard, because it’s raining.” Story of the Week (February 28), by Daniela Kapitáňová. Translated from Slovak by Julia Sherwood.
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“The blood-caked hairs on the dog’s tortured body were turning into symbols. With a painful sneer she realized what they meant.” Story of the Week (January 31), by Balla. Translated from Slovak by Julia and Peter Sherwood.
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