The bonnet / Katarína Kucbelová ; translated by Julia and Peter Sherwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kucbelová, Katarína, 1979- author.

Series:

Slovak list

The Slovak list

Standardized Title:

Čepiec English

Language:

English

Slovak

Subjects (All):

Women--Slovakia--Brezno (Okres)--Fiction.

Women.

Country life--Slovakia--Brezno (Okres)--Fiction.

Country life.

Millinery--Slovakia--Brezno (Okres)--Fiction.

Millinery.

Romanies--Slovakia--Brezno (Okres)--Fiction.

Romanies.

Brezno (Slovakia : Okres)--Ethnic relations--Fiction.

Brezno (Slovakia : Okres).

Genre:

Nonfiction novels.

Autobiographical fiction.

Physical Description:

217 pages : map ; 19 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York ; Calcutta : Seagull Books, 2024.

Language Note:

In English, translated from the Slovak.

Summary:

"The Bonnet, the first work of prose by Slovak poet Katar̕na Kucbelov̀, defies easy pigeonholing: both political and personal, it is a work of literary reportage, a quest for one's roots, a critical exploration of folk art and, not least, social commentary on the coexistence of the Slovak majority and the Roma minority, offering a nuanced and sympathetic look at the lives of Roma people in Slovakia, and raising important questions about the nature of prejudice and discrimination. Over two years, the author made regular visits to the remote village of `umiac in Slovakia to learn the dying craft of bonnet making from one of its last practitioners, Il'ka, an elderly local woman who in the process became her mentor in more ways than one. Through the parallel stories of Il'ka and the narrator's grandmother, The Bonnet also offers a subtly feminist reading of the position of women in rural Europe from the early twentieth century to the present day." Provided by the publisher.

Notes:

"Originally published in Slovak as Čepiec (Slovart, 2019)"--Title page verso.

ISBN:

9781803093529

1803093528

OCLC:

1442349942