The moving yet humorous story of a girl struggling to care for herself and others in post-communist Slovakia. Emotionally neglected by her immature, promiscuous mother and made to care for her cantankerous dying grandmother, twelve-year-old Jarka is left to fend for herself in the social vacuum of a post-communist concrete apartment-block jungle in Bratislava, Slovakia. She spends her days roaming the streets and daydreaming in the only place she feels safe: a small garden inherited from her grandfather. One day, on her way to the garden, she stops at a suburban railway station and impulsiv Boat Number Five - Monika Kompaníková od authora Monika Kompaníková a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Monika Kompaníková |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
212 |
Rok vydání |
2022 |
Nakladatelství |
Seagull Books London Ltd |