1999 Nominated
Bringing up girls in Bohemia
Translated from the Czech
ABOUT
THE BOOK
Bringing up Girls in Bohemia is the story of young Beata Kralova and her not-so-young tutor. Beata is the twenty-years-old drop-out daughter of Denis Kral, a Czech “new millionaire” with suspect connections. Beata embraces lover after lover as well as various causes new to Eastern Europe: the environment, animal rights, feminism, consumerism, new age religion. A hilarious portrait of today’s Prague, it’s gangsters and their ex-secret police bodyguards, the expatriate Americans, and many extraordinary Czechs, Bringing up Girls in Bohemia is also a serious exploration of the role of the writer in post-communist Central Europe.
Original title in Czech Výchova dívek v Čechách published by Český spisovatel (1994)
ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR A.G.
Brain
A.G. Brain is the pseudonym for Alice and Gerry Turner, who have translated the work of numerous Czech writers, including Vaclav Havel and Ludvik Vaculik.
A.G. Brain is the pseudonym for Alice and Gerry Turner, who have translated the work of numerous Czech writers, including Vaclav Havel and Ludvik Vaculik.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Country
Czech Republic
Original Language
Czech
Publisher
Readers International
Translator
A.G. Brain
Translation
Translated from the Czech
Nominating Library