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W misji idealnej czystości
Bizarná rodina pomätená od čítania brakových kníh a komiksov. Mrakodrap, ktorý sa vymkol spod kontroly a väzní svojich obyvateľov. Gang detí emigrantov zápasí o prežitie v Berlíne blízkej budúcnosti. Desivá civilizácia v podzemných kanáloch veľkomesta. Škandalózna spoveď skejťáka, páchateľa najohavnejšej a najzábavnejšej vraždy v dejinách našej literatúry. Telesný aj duševný stav Vizuálnej Generácie totiž najlepšie vystihuje slogan Silný pocit čistoty.
- GenresFiction
160 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1998
About the author
Michal Hvorecký
57 books68 followersMichal 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 regularly for various newspapers and magazines.
He has been awarded several literary prizes and fellowships, including the Literary Colloquium in Berlin, MuseumsQuartier in Vienna, Goethe Institut in Munich, and an International Writing Program in the United States.
The author also contributes to Slovak newspapers such as daily SME. Some of his articles translated into English can be found at the webportal Salon.
In 2000 he co-founded the Wilsonic Festival in Bratislava with Tibor Holoda and served as one of its co-organizers until 2001.
He lives in Bratislava, Slovakia.
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 regularly for various newspapers and magazines.
He has been awarded several literary prizes and fellowships, including the Literary Colloquium in Berlin, MuseumsQuartier in Vienna, Goethe Institut in Munich, and an International Writing Program in the United States.
The author also contributes to Slovak newspapers such as daily SME. Some of his articles translated into English can be found at the webportal Salon.
In 2000 he co-founded the Wilsonic Festival in Bratislava with Tibor Holoda and served as one of its co-organizers until 2001.
He lives in Bratislava, Slovakia.
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July 4, 2018
Poviedky, ktoré ťa rozhodne svojím vývojom prekvapia. Pokiaľ sa nemýlim, žáner poviedok je kyberpunk, plus by som väčšinu z nich popísala ako dystopická fikcia, autor sa v nich zamýšľa najmä nad našou slobodou. V poviedke Christiana Ch. si musíme uvedomiť, že sloboda slova neznamená slobodu klamať. V poviedke Ďalšia vrstva zase, že úplne sloboda nám nedá nič dobré. Je v nich veľa na zamyslenie, plus sa mi páčia referencie na postmodernizmus a autorov postmoderny. A ešte niektoré slovíčka, ktoré som nepoznala a vďaka knižke teraz viem, kto bol Deleuze alebo trekkies.
October 18, 2014
Titulná poviedka stojí (ako jediná zo zbierky) za prečítanie.
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