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Michal Hvorecký


Born
in Bratislava, Slovakia
December 29, 1976

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Michal Hvorecký(born 1976) is a Slovak author.

He is the author of two collections of short stories: Strong sense of Cleanliness (1998) and Hunters & Gatherers (2001). His novel The Final Hit appeared in 2003, Plush in 2005 (published in 2006 in German translation as City: Der unwahrscheinlichste aller Orte) and Eskorta in 2007 (will be published in 2009 in German translation).

His books have been translated into German, Polish, Czech and Italian. Translations of his fiction and journalism have appeared in print in Germany, the United Kingdom, Slovenia, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic. The novel Plush was dramatised and performed in the Prague theatre Na zabradli and in Schauspiel Hannover in Germany. In addition, Hvorecky writes regul
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Lovci & zberači

3.36 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions
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Trol

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Dunaj v Amerike

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Naum

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Plyš

2.72 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions
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Silný pocit čistoty

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Eskorta

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Spamäti

3.52 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2013
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Tahiti: Utópia

2.60 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions
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Bratislava: Čarovná metropola

4.49 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions
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“Prečítal som si Klausov list Mečiarovi, išiel som sa vyšabliť a potom som ho upravil pre svoju krátku správu bývalému premiérovi k sedemdesiatke: Vážený pán Vladimír Mečiar! Poznal som Vás ako politika, ktorý nevie dodržať slovo. A to nebolo a nie je v českej a slovenskej politike výnimočné. Poznal som Vás ako ako človeka, ktorý sa nebojí riskovať a pokojne so svojimi komplicmi okradne krajinu o miliardový majetok a organizuje štátom objednané kriminálne činy, násilné útoky či dokonca vraždy. Súčasne som Vás poznal ako štátnika, ktorý dokonale ovláda umenie klamať, manipulovať médiá a šíriť štátnu propagandu jedného názoru. Pre svoju zem a pre svoj národ ste nehľadali racionálne riešenia zásadných problémov. A to v dobe veľkých existenčných neistôt, ktoré väčšina občanov pociťuje dodnes, ale Vy a Vaša rodina a Vaši spojenci už dávno nie. Vôbec ma neprekvapuje, že svoju sedemdesiatku oslavujete v blahobyte, spokojne a šťastne na slobode, a nie vo väzení, kam podľa mňa patríte. A vlastne ma ani nezaráža, keď Vám blahoželajú premiér slovenskej republiky aj český prezident - vo svojej podstate sa podobáte ako vajce vajcu. Vaša verzia mafiánskeho kapitalizmu sa zakorenila mimoriadne hlboko. Pri príležitosti Vášho životného jubilea Vám úprimne želám, nech Vás nesúdi len história.”
Michal Hvorecký

“Su to fragmenty fantazii neznamych ludi. Spolecne prezivana halucinacia. Psychopaticke plody masovej kultury. Sny, ktore snival niekto iny a teraz patrili mne.”
Michal Hvorecký, Plyš

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