Lit in Translation

Juraj Bindzár

Born 1943 · Slovakia

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Anasoft litera 2019 · Finalist

    Zvon

    Title translated by AI:“The Bell”

    Juraj Bindzár · 75 when first published

    Novel · 269 pages

    AI-generated summary:In a village on the Slovak-Moravian border, Catholics, Lutherans, Jews and Moravian Brethren live in harmony until the voice of a church bell, the voice of God, enters their lives.

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    Anasoft litera 2017 · Finalist

    Mlčky a krátko

    Title translated by AI:“Silently and Briefly”

    Juraj Bindzár · 73 when first published

    Novel · 245 pages · Historical, Love

    AI-generated summary:The short life of the first Czechoslovak international chess grandmaster, a native of Pezinok, told through an unfulfilled dream and his bizarre, brief marriage to a much younger Moscow poet and actress.

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    Anasoft litera 2012 · Finalist

    Bez dúhy

    Title translated by AI:“Without a Rainbow”

    Juraj Bindzár · 68 when first published

    Novel · 330 pages · Satire

    AI-generated summary:In a small town in western Slovakia, the life story unfolds of an odd, unlikeable man: a coward and a plebeian from the long line of adaptable servants and ruthless henchmen on whom his country has always rested.