All This Belongs to Me: A Novel (Writings From An Unbound Europe)

Petra Hulova, Alex Zucker (Translated by)

$19.95

Publication Date: August 18th, 2009

Publisher:

Northwestern University Press

ISBN:

9780810124431

Pages:

208

Description

Winner of the American Literary Translators Association 2010 National Translation Award

Petra Hůlová became an overnight sensation when All This Belongs to Me was originally published in Czech in 2002, when the author was just twenty three years old. She has since established herself as one of the most exciting young novelists in Europe today. Writings from an Unbound Europeis proud to publish the first translation of her work in English.

All This Belongs to Me chronicles the lives of three generations of women in a Mongolian family. Told from the point of view of a mother, three sisters, and the daughter of one of the sisters, this story of secrets and betrayals takes us from the daily rhythms of nomadic life on the steppe to the harsh realities of urban alcoholism and prostitution in the capital, Ulaanbaatar. All This Belongs to Me is a sweeping family saga that showcases Hůlová's genius.

About the Author

PETRA HŮLOVÁ was born in Prague in 1979 and has published five critically acclaimed novels in Czech. She won the Magnesia Litera Prize in the Czech Republic in 2002 for Pamet mojí babicce ("A Memoir for My Grandmother," here released as All This Belongs to Me).

ALEX SUCKER has translated two novels, numerous short stories and plays, poems, and song lyrics. His translation of Czech author Jáchym Topol's first novel, City Sister Silver (2000), was selected for inclusion in the 2006 guide 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. Zucker's most recent translation was a comic opera directed by Miloš Forman for the National Theater in Prague. He lives in Brooklyn.

Praise for All This Belongs to Me: A Novel (Writings From An Unbound Europe)

“. . . an acutely observed account — compelling despite its grimness — of the lives of its semi-nomadic subjects." —Times Literary Supplement

"All This Belongs to Me invites us into this singular universe created by Hůlová, Mongolian but also abstract and timeless, filled with memorable female characters that resonate with the readers." —World Literature Today