BUT CRIME DOES PUNISH – A novel by Ján Johanides

(jointly translated from the Slovak Trestajúci zločin)

Karolinum Press, Prague, ISBN 978-80-246-5014-2 (paperback); ISBN 978-80-246-5128-6 (pdf); ISBN 978-80-246-5129-3 (epub); ISBN 978-80-246-5130-9 (mobi), June 2022

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“Johanides’s narrative is so full of irony, witty, wise and paradoxical, that readers will find themselves smiling and aghast at the same time. This is a compelling narrative in a translation which is faultless.” Donald Rayfield, Queen Mary University of London

“Evil deeds seem to remain in many cases undocumented and also unpunished, but as Johanides shows, they still continue to constrain and poison the lives of the perpetrators for many years.” George Gömöri, World Literature Today, July 2022

“The continuity of evils that plague contemporary Slovakia and the courage of individuals and movements that resist them confirm that the message of But Crime Does Punish was nothing short of prophetic.” Katarina Gephardt, Apofenie, 11 July 2022

But Crime Does Punish by Ján Johanides – Julia Sherwood reads an excerpt on the YouTube channel Translators Aloud.