Dvanásť poviedok a Ján Med

by Jana Beňová

144 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Jana Beňová (born 1974) is a Slovakian poet and novelist. She studied at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Bratislava, graduating with a degree in dramaturgy in 1998. She wrote for a number of local publications, including Dotyky, Fragment and Slovenské Pohľady. She also worked for the daily newspaper SME under a pseudonym. At present, she works at the Theatre Institute in Bratislava.

Her first book of poems Svetloplachý came out in 1993, followed by further collections Lonochod and Nehota. She wrote a novel called Parker (2001), and a collection of short stories, Dvanásť poviedok a Ján Med (2003). In 2008, she published Plán odprevádzania (Seeing People Off), subtitled Café Hyena. This book won the EU Prize for Literature. She has written another novel called Preč! Preč! (Get off! Get off!)

In 2012, she participated in the International Writing Program's Fall Residency at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA.

Reviews

[Petra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Neviem presne čo vlastne napísať k tejto útlej zbierke poviedok. Napíšem preto aspoň: prečítajte si ju, bola skvelá.

Čítavá. Hravá. Vtipná. Inteligentná. Cynická. O živote. Láske i neláske.

[Demeter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Veľmi rád čítam Janine texty. Je v nich veľa vtipu. A tiež rozumných viet. Tu viac bavila prvá polovica, v druhej som už cítil že knihu načim odložiť. Neodložil som a dočital. 3.8, treba čítať

[lampia · Rating 4 out of 5]

ano

[Citrusiq · Rating 1 out of 5]

vela symboliky, tazko sa to cita, kedze je to odsekovite a tie odseky obcas vobec nenadvezuju

je to skor pre nejakych pseudointelektualov, alebo potencionalnych spisovatelov

neodporucam pre normalneho citatela

[Olga S. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinující imaginace a cit pro slovo.

[Ivana · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Niekedy musíte ochorieť alebo odcestovať", alebo čítať dobré poviedky.