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Short stories sketch relationships between parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren, and snails and rabbits, without grand gestures and with an eye for detail, since what matters often hides in the unspoken. The characters look for their worth as people despite feeling inadequate; they step outside the preferred norm and end up in contradictory situations. Adolescent girls, young women without clear prospects, mothers full of doubt: after a certain experience they all somehow lose their appetite for life. A recurring theme is the return to one's roots in the countryside, a village of hens and smoky pubs.

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About the book

Form

Short stories

Length

102 pages in the original

Genres

Family (assigned by AI)

Set in

Slovakia

First published

2022 by Koloman Kertész Bagala

Author's age

34 when first published

ISBN

9788089973668 (original)