MOTHERS AND TRUCKERS – A collection of short stories by Ivana Dobrakovová
Publications
MOTHERS AND TRUCKERS – A collection of short stories by Ivana Dobrakovová
(jointly translated from the Slovak)
Jantar Publishing, London, ISBN 978-1-914990-11-3, June 2022
Link to buy here.
Shortlisted for the 2023 European Bank for Research and Development Literary Prize
“Dobrakovová’s writing is direct, achieving its effectiveness through the inherent candour of her disparate and desperate women.” Declan O’Driscoll, The Irish Times, 25 September 2022
“Together, the three central stories in the collection confirm Dobrakovová’s ability to inhabit distinct, multifaceted women caught in complicated predicaments that offer no easy resolution… An immersive and intense reading experience.” Joseph Schreiber, Roughghosts, 1 July 2023
A bilingual reading from Mothers and Truckers by the author, Ivana Dobrakovová and Julia Sherwood on the YouTube channel Translators Aloud
Read excerpt here.
