Shortlisted for the I Soft Literature Award 2022
In poetic language not devoid of poignancy, the Slovak writer Jana Bud Narova presents pages from the memoirs of a couple who separated after a marriage full of plans and dreams. Ona and Andrei Ota is an anesthesiologist in the maternity ward. She is emotional and has difficulty bearing the details of reality, while Andrei is a rational radiologist who thinks he has a clear perception of everything.
The couple separates after the death of their two adopted daughters, who were the center of their lives. We recall with them the two girls’ childhood, and the short lives of the two girls tell us that the traumas that a person is exposed to in childhood do not go away, and remain with him until they turn into a major crisis that leaves its effects.
for everything.
Jana Bodnarova: A Slovak writer, born in 1950, who studied plastic arts and has published forty books for adults and children. She has received many awards, including the prestigious Maria Durjkova Award for her entire work for children, and the Academy of Arts Award for the novel “The Necklace/The Ring” in 2016. Her works have been translated into many languages, including Chinese, Portuguese, and Arabic. She also participated in the production of several films that were shown in
Slovakia and beyond.
