HANA – A novel by Alena Mornštajnová

(jointly translated from the Czech)

Parthian Books, Cardigan, 2020, ISBN 978-1-912681-50-1, ebook ISBN 978-1-913640-00-2, 1 October 2020

Longlisted for the 2021 European Bank for Research and Development Literary Prize

“Hana has won many awards, been turned into a play and the film rights have been bought. It has been translated into numerous languages. Now Julia and Peter Sherwood’s deft translation faithfully reflects the quality of Mornštajnová’s prose in English.” – Zuzana Slobodová, Times Literary Supplement, April 2021

“Alena Mornštajnová skilfully avoids the trap of the current trend for Holocaust literature, with its ‘librarians’, ‘tattooists’ and ‘butchers of Auschwitz’. Instead of describing the atrocities in minute detail, or even theatricalizing them, ‘Instagram-style’, she lets the silences speak for themselves. A much more powerful and impactful method, if you ask this reader.” – Anna Blasiak, European Literature Network, November 2020

‘Hana is an important novel that reminds us that no society is ever immune from the plague of complicity.’
Gemma Pearson, Wales Arts Review

‘Full of twists, turns, and gut-wrenching revelations, this is storytelling at its best…’
Two in a Teacup

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