The Book of Bratislava: A City in Short Fiction (Reading the City)

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Featuring: Lajos Grendel, Igor Hochel, Barbora Hrínová, Jana Juráňová , Lucia Piussi, Richard Pupala, Ján Rozner , Rudolf Sloboda , Alta Vášová & Eva Vozárová.

A secret policeman investigates a library for stocking anti government literature, only to find himself applying for a library card…

A man’s dreams are invaded by a dark, unsettling figure, the ghost of a thug who once menaced the neighbourhood…

The manager of a theatre bar resorts to fending off violent customers with even more violent security guards…

The stories in this anthology reflect the Slovak capital’s many changing incarnations: from a hopeful city newly liberated from the Nazis; to an outpost of communist Czechoslovakia crawling with informants; to the capital of a new, democratic independent state. Bratislava may be a city still shaping its identity, but it is one where creativity blooms, despite – or perhaps because of – its complex and intricate history. From the dive bars of the infamous Petržalka estate, to the lush tree-lined banks of the Danube, the past and present are in continual conversation with each other, striving to recapture what’s lost, while adjusting to the fast pace of change.

Translated from the Slovak by Katarina Gephardt, Jonathan Gresty, Paul Kaye, Janet Livingstone, John Minahane, Magdalena Mullek, Charles Sabatos, David Short, Isabel Stainsby. Translated from the Hungarian by Peter Sherwood.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0GQBQ9W4G
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Comma Press
Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 26, 2026
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3.4 MB
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 145 pages
Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Part of series ‏ : ‎ Reading the City
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