Into the Spotlight:
New Writing from Slovakia
edited and translated by
Magdalena Mullek and Julia Sherwood
2017
xiii + 185 pages, paperback
ISBN 978-0-89357-466-6
Into the Spotlight features the best of what Slovak literature has to offer today. The sixteen authors presented here have all been shortlisted for, and many have won, some of the most prestigious Slovak and European literary awards. They represent the Slovak literary scene across the lines of gender, age, style and subject matter. Most importantly, all of them are living authors, engaging with today’s world and carrying on conversations with other contemporary writers and readers.
Featured authors:
Veronika Šikulová –Uršuľa Kovalyk – Pavel Vilikovský – Jana Beňová – Viťo Staviarsky – Dušan Mitana – Balla – Pavol Rankov – Zuzana Cigánová – Monika Kompaníková – Michal Hvorecký – Lukáš Luk – Marek Vadas – Alta Vášová – Ivana Dobrakovová – Peter Macsovszky
More About This Title in the Press
- “Shining a Light on Contemporary Slovak Writing” by Gwen Willems in Slovo, April 2021
- Review by Corine Tachtiris in Translation Review, Volume 103, April 2, 2019
- Review by Duncan Lien in World Literature Today, November 2017
- Dušan Mitana’s “On a Tram” nominated for Best of the Net Anthology 2017 in B O D Y Literature, October 10, 2017
- “Magdalena Mullek & Julia Sherwood Shine a Spotlight on Slovak Fiction” in Words Without Borders, September 23, 2017
- “Zuzana Slobodová reviews Into the Spotlight: New Writing from Slovakia in Riveting Reviews (European Literature Network), June 15, 2017
- Notable mention by Dennis Abrams in Publishing Perspectives, May 30, 2017
- Notable mention by Eva Andrejčáková in The Slovak Spectator, May 24, 2017
- “Slovak Fiction Week: Into the Spotlight” by Michael Stein in B O D Y Literature, March 31, 2017