Jantar Publishing | Translating Women

Petra Hůlová, Three Plastic Rooms

Posted on 5th Aug, 2020 by Helen Vassallo

Translated from Czech by Alex Zucker (Jantar Publishing, 2017) Three Plastic Rooms is narrated by an ageing prostitute, and is an extended internal monologue that offers insight into her musings on the world, her life, and her profession. The opening… Continue Reading →

Review: Ivana Dobrakovová, Bellevue

Posted on 29th Jan, 2020 by Helen Vassallo

Translated from Slovak by Julia Sherwood and Peter Sherwood (Jantar Publishing, 2019) Bellevue is the first novel of award-winning Slovak writer Ivana Dobrakovová, and it is a harrowing account of one young woman’s psychological unravelling. Dobrakovová sets out from the… Continue Reading →