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Barbora Hrínová

Born 1984 · Slovakia

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Anasoft litera 2026 · Finalist

    Plachý dom

    Title translated by AI:“The Shy House”

    Barbora Hrínová · 41 when first published

    Novel · 243 pages · Family

    AI-generated summary:Ambróz, an ageing, kindly double-bass player who teaches piano, a husband, father, collector of poems and dog lover, seems out of step with a fast age hungry for change, but proves a master of ordinary life.

  • In English

    Anasoft litera 2021 · Winner

    Unicorns

    Jednorožce

    Barbora Hrínová · 36 when first published

    Short stories · 212 pages

    AI-generated summary:Eight stories of mostly young women who do not fit the norm, looking for closeness and a place of their own in cafés, a village cottage, rented flats and a psychiatric ward, from Bratislava to Tbilisi.