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Marek Vadas ÚDOLIE – listening party v Next Apache
Marek Vadas VALLEY – listening party at Next Apache
Event by: Marek Vadas (fan page), Marek Vadas
Location: Cafe Next Apache, Panenská 674/28, Bratislava - Staré Mesto
Talks & discussions
About event
Richard Stanke, Mirka Frankovská and Peter Kočiš read from Marek Vadas' latest book ÚDOLIE in the cult cafe NEXT APACHE at Panenská 28 in Bratislava.
The stories take place in an African autocratic country, where government troops terrorize part of the civilian population. However, distance does not play a role here, because the situation is surprisingly similar to ours - not only because of the proximity of the war, but also because of the state's efforts to limit civil liberties. The interconnected stories told to a taxi driver in a city on the edge of conflict are based on real facts, and they are also the most Slovak book that Marek Vadas has written so far.
Marek Vadas (*1971) published the books Liečiteľ, Čierne na čiernom and Zlá četra, which take place in an African setting. In them, his handwriting is influenced by the indigenous folk style of storytelling, in which fact and fantasy, magic and dark humor, absurdity and dark existential tones are mixed. In the next book, Six Strangers, he returned to Slovakia — its theme is the forgotten anti-Roma pogrom, the subsequent silence of society, unacknowledged guilt, and individual and social memory. He made his debut in 1994, wrote eight books for adults, three for children's readers and is a laureate of the Anasoft litera Award, the most prestigious Slovak award for prose work. His works have been translated into fifteen languages.
The stories take place in an African autocratic country, where government troops terrorize part of the civilian population. However, distance does not play a role here, because the situation is surprisingly similar to ours - not only because of the proximity of the war, but also because of the state's efforts to limit civil liberties. The interconnected stories told to a taxi driver in a city on the edge of conflict are based on real facts, and they are also the most Slovak book that Marek Vadas has written so far.
Marek Vadas (*1971) published the books Liečiteľ, Čierne na čiernom and Zlá četra, which take place in an African setting. In them, his handwriting is influenced by the indigenous folk style of storytelling, in which fact and fantasy, magic and dark humor, absurdity and dark existential tones are mixed. In the next book, Six Strangers, he returned to Slovakia — its theme is the forgotten anti-Roma pogrom, the subsequent silence of society, unacknowledged guilt, and individual and social memory. He made his debut in 1994, wrote eight books for adults, three for children's readers and is a laureate of the Anasoft litera Award, the most prestigious Slovak award for prose work. His works have been translated into fifteen languages.