Lit in Translation

Sylva Fischerová

Born 1963 · Czechia

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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Magnesia Litera 2013 · Shortlist

    Evropa je jako židle Thonet, Amerika je pravý úhel

    Title translated by AI:“Europe Is Like a Thonet Chair, America Is a Right Angle”

    Sylva Fischerová · 49 when first published

    Novella · 78 pages · Love

    AI-generated summary:A Czech poet on a reading tour of the United States compares the two continents, while news of a friend's death arrives and a love affair comes to an end.

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    Magnesia Litera 2012 · Shortlist

    Pasáž

    Title translated by AI:“The Passage”

    Sylva Fischerová · 48 when first published

    Short stories · 145 pages

    AI-generated summary:Short first-person stories in which everyday banality meets existential questions, as the narrator looks for the meaning of things in today's world.