THE EQUESTRIENNE – A novel by Uršuľa Kovalyk

(jointly translated from the Slovak Krasojazdkyňa)

Published by Parthian Books, Cardigan, July 2016, ISBN 978-1-910901-51-9

Reprinted in 2021, ISBN 978-1-9136408-2-8

Shortlisted for the 2018 European Bank for Research and Development Literary Prize

“An arresting tale of equestrian daring and a young girl’s coming of age set during the final years of communist rule in former Czechoslovakia.” Lucy Popescu

“Uršul’a Kovalyk’s novel is a rainbow of images and insights that guides a young girl to a world after communism. The rainbow is broken; it broke my heart. Julia and Peter Sherwood’s flawless translation gives pace and fluidity to a read spiked with moments of astonishing audacity.” Gabriel Gbadamosi, EBRD Literature Prize judge, 5 February 2018

“80 pages of a stunningly unique world through the eyes of a young girl in an eccentric (matriarchal) family in the years before & after former Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution”, Sophie Baggot (reading women writers worldwide)

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