The Equestrienne

A funny and sad life story told by Karolína, who does not know who her father is; perhaps her mother does not know either. In her family men simply do not occur, only male visitors. Her clumsy, sickly childhood under socialism is spent with her grandmother, who cooks, plays cards with the neighbours, drinks apricot brandy, criticizes Karolína's mother, curses the Bolsheviks who took the family inn, and carries a flick knife, insisting that every woman in the family must carry one. When her grandmother dies, the girl and her pretty, often absent mother are left alone, and her mother sets out to find her a father.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

118 pages in the original

Genres

Coming of age, Family (assigned by AI)

First published

2013 by Divadlo bez domova

Author's age

44 when first published

ISBN

9788097135409 (original)

9781910901519 (Parthian Books, United Kingdom)

9781913640828 (Parthian Books, United Kingdom)