Lit in Translation

Peter Macsovszky

Born 1966 · Slovakia

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Anasoft litera 2025 · Finalist

    Pimparapipa!

    Peter Macsovszky · 58 when first published

    Short stories · 247 pages · Satire

    AI-generated summary:Experimental stories, closer to novellas or miniature novels, that draw on technical writing and texts by musicians, artists and outsiders, and return to how Bratislava and Slovakia have changed over recent decades.

  • No English yet

    Anasoft litera 2016 · Winner

    Tantalópolis

    Peter Macsovszky · 49 when first published

    Novel · 276 pages

    AI-generated summary:The everyday life of a South American city, its tropical colours, shapes, tastes and smells set against its inhabitants' stubborn struggle with the elements and the bureaucratic machine.

  • In English

    Anasoft litera 2011 · Finalist

    Making Skeletons Dance

    Mykať kostlivcami

    Peter Macsovszky · 44 when first published

    Novel · 385 pages

    AI-generated summary:In an Amsterdam bar, Šimon Blef, an émigré from a small landlocked country in Europe, drinks, watches passers-by and writes down what he sees and imagines, in the hope of one day becoming a novelist.