Unmissable, imaginative novellas from Slovakia and Serbia. Dana Todorović’s The Tragic Fate of Moritz Tóth is a philosophical novel critics have compared to Bulgakov and Kafka. A former UN translator, short listed for both Serbia’s major literary prizes, her work is admired by critics and public alike. Uršula Kovalyk, director of the Theatre With No Home, featuring homeless and disabled actors, has published plays, short stories and novels. The Equestrienne (shortlisted for the Anasoft Litera 2014) finds teenager Karolína growing up in an unconventional all-female household with a hot-blooded, knife-wielding grandmother. Running away, she stumbles on a riding school on the edge of town…
10 October, 7:30 pm, Ilkley Literature Festival, Manor House