Reading in the grass

Reading in the grass with Vanda Rozenberg about the book nominated for the Anasoft litera award. Moderated by Simona Prokopec Fochlerová. In cooperation with ars_litera o. z.

ABOUT THE BOOK CENTURY

One hundred years in one house, one hundred years of longing for a bigger life. If you were to look for Zdochliare on a map, they are everywhere. At the beginning of the last century, Vilmos Singer built a house in them. He accommodated his parents, the Ušatys, and their son Egon, but their lives were soon changed by the Spanish flu. One hundred years later, the house still stands, and regardless of the new threat, its inhabitants are not and never have been infected with the joy of life, love of neighbor, or common sense. Except for Denis, Elena, and Drummer. And even Egon. Egon may have died, but maybe not. If the house in Zdochliary had a memorial plaque, it would say: in this building, for over a hundred years, cheap alcohol, heavy meals, beautiful music, raw screams, silent suicides, the specifics of funeral customs, carrots stored away for the winter, and the social life of the common mouse have all merged into one.

VANDA ROSENBERG

She is a three-time finalist in the Short Story Contest (2001, 2005, 2006). She has contributed to radio with literary pieces for Miniromán. Her short story collection Side Effects of Keeping Small Rodents was published in 2011, her novel My Sea in 2012, and again three years later her collection of prose, Freedom to the Pheasants, was in the final ten of the Anasoft Litera Prize in 2016. He is also an artist, painting opaque images on glass. She has had two solo exhibitions, and her paintings are on the covers of her other three books. In 2017, she published a novel titled The Man from the Pit and the Children of Love (in the final five of the Anasoft litera 2018 and in the René – Anasoft litera Gymnasts 2018). In 2018 she published Three Grim Reapers Sail (in the top ten of the 2019 Anasoft litera prize), in 2020 Common Night Peace, in 2021 the novel I Ate Lautrec, which was in the top ten of the 2022 Anasoft litera prize, and in 2023 the novel The Century, also in the top ten of the Anasoft litera prize. She is the co-author of the book version of The Webster’s Dinner Party. She lives in Prievidza.

ANASOFT LITERA

Slovak literary prize awarded once a year for the best original Slovak prose literary work or for a translation of an original prose work by authors who are primarily citizens of the Slovak Republic and whose prose works were published in book form in the previous calendar year.

The event was supported by the Fund for the Support of the Arts from public funds.

📅 The Summer Reading Room will be open from 17 June to 31 August, on weekdays from 10.00 to 18.00 and on Saturdays from 10.00 to 14.00.
📰 Almost 80 titles of newspapers and magazines in Slovak and foreign languages
📮📚 free lending of books in the Old Town Book Carousel – books will be regularly replenished in the book house
🌳 pleasant relaxation in the shade of trees and a rich cultural programme
⛩ The summer reading room is located at the eastern gate (entrance from Poľná Street)
🪑 services are free of charge and admission to events is free

Location: Summer Reading Room Medická zahrada, Poľná, Bratislava, Slovakia
Date: Tuesday, 13.08.2024
Time: at 17:00
Admission: free

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