Description
An elegant, postmodern fairy tale. --Jacob Hoefer, Bookseller, Labyrinth Books
Away Away -- a new novel from Jana Beňov , winner of the European Union Prize for Literature Sometimes running away is the bravest option. Or, so believes Rosa, who ditches her husband and home and takes off on the road. Along the way, she encounters the owner of a puppet theater who's on a mission to conquer the world with his performance of The Snow Queen.
Which character from this old fairy tale will Rosa identify with? With Gerda, searching fruitlessly for her lost love? With Kai, who flees home and his beloved one day without a word? Or with the Snow Queen, who seems to stand aloof above it all?
With magnetic, sparkling prose, Beňov delivers a lively mosaic that ruminates on human relationships, our greatest fears and desires.
Author: Jana Beňová
Publisher: Two Dollar Radio
Published: 12/11/2018
Pages: 142
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.50w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781937512736
ISBN10: 1937512738
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Absurdist
- Fiction | Family Life | Marriage & Divorce
About the Author
Jana Beňová is one of the most acclaimed Slovak authors, and winner of the European Union Prize for Literature. She is a poet and novelist, author of the novels Seeing People Off, Away! Away!, Parker, and Honeymoon, as well as three collections of poems. Though her work has been widely translated throughout Europe, Seeing People Off was her first book to be translated to English.