{"product_id":"necklacechoker-jana-bodn-rov-9780857428905","title":"Necklace\/Choker: Then, Meanwhile, Now.\/A Small Novel in Fragments","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn engrossing novel about the lives in a small Slovak town during the tumultuous twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this highly acclaimed novel, Jana Bodn rov  offers an engrossing portrayal of a small Slovak town and its inhabitants in the north of the country against the backdrop of the tumultuous history of the twentieth century. As Sara, the protagonist of \u003ci\u003eNecklace\/Choker\u003c\/i\u003e, returns to her native town after many years in exile to sell the old family house and garden, she begins to piece together her family's history from snippets and fragments of her own memory and the diaries of her artist father, Imro. A talented painter, he survived the Holocaust only to be crushed by the constraints imposed on his art by Stalinist censorship, and Sara herself was later driven into exile after dreams of socialism with a human face were shattered by the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through their stories, and that of Sara's friend, Iboja, the daughter of a hotelier, readers will be immersed in key moments of Slovak history and their bearing on the people in this less familiar part of Central Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jana Bodnárová\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 085742890X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780857428905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seagull Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJana Bodnárová\u003c\/b\u003e was born in former Czechoslovakia. In addition to publishing books of prose, poetry, works for children, radio plays, and screenplays for television, she has also created and presented video performances both in domestic galleries and on experimental theatre stages abroad. \u003cb\u003eJonathan Gresty\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator from Slovak who currently teaches English at Presov University in Slovakia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jana Bodnárová","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44046225277183,"sku":"9780857428905","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_44cb4c9c-8f73-4f06-907f-06782100cbe5.jpg?v=1684983352","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/necklacechoker-jana-bodn-rov-9780857428905","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}