Slavic Literatures

[MARTIN VOTRUBA]

This may be of interest to those who teach non-Russian Slavic literatures
-- the first translation of a Slovak novel to English in almost a decade
(plus two essays / stories); moreover, it's by a respected contemporary
author.


Pavel Vilikovsky: "Ever Green Is... (selected prose)."  Translated from
the Slovak and with an introduction by Charles Sabatos.  Evanston, IL:
Northwestern University press; 2002.  193pp.  ISBN 0-8101-1908-0
(paperback); 0-8101-1907-2 (hard cover).


Quotations from the blurbs:

"Hailed as one of the most important East European writers of the
post-Communist era, Pavel Vilikovsky [actually] began his career in 1965."

[...]

"The title of the novel is the story of a life spent in Central
Europe from the imperial period through Communism.  The narrator attempts
to tell of his seduction by the Austro-Hungarian head of intelligence but,
unable to help himself, instead spins off a hilarious mosaic of
exaggerations, anecdotes, and philosophical musings."

[...]

"World Literature Today: 'Thanks to Vilikovsky's literary talent that is
rooted in nothing other than an extraordinary sense of humanity and humor,
the world and the human condition become for his readers more interesting,
less mystifying, and more livable.'"



Martin

votruba+ at pitt.edu

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