{"product_id":"away-away-paperback","title":"Away! Away! - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJana Beňová\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJanet Livingstone\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometimes running away is the bravest option. Or, so believes Rosa, who ditches her husband and home and takes off on the road. Along the way, she encounters the owner of a puppet theater who's on a mission to conquer the world with his performance of \"The Snow Queen.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Which character from this old fairy tale will Rosa identify with? With Gerda, searching fruitlessly for her lost love? With Kai, who flees home and his beloved one day without a word? Or with the Snow Queen, who seems to stand aloof above it all? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With magnetic, sparkling prose, Beňová delivers a lively mosaic that ruminates on human relationships, our greatest fears and desires.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJana Beňová\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the most acclaimed Slovak authors, and winner of the European Union Prize for Literature. She is a poet and novelist, author of the novels \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeeing People Off\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAway! Away!\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParker\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHoneymoon\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as three collections of poems. Though her work has been widely translated throughout Europe, \u003ci\u003eSeeing People Off\u003c\/i\u003e was her first book to be translated to English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJanet Livingstone\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and ventured to Czechoslovakia just after the 1989 Velvet Revolution. Among her full-length book translations are \u003ci\u003eMaster your Stage Fright\u003c\/i\u003e by Slovak master violinist, Bohdan Warchal and \u003ci\u003ePiata loď\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eBoat Number Five\u003c\/i\u003e) by novelist Monika Kompaníková, which was one of three finalists for the EBRD Literature Prize 2022, one of the few international literature prizes which recognizes both author and translator equallly. In addition to Jana Beňová, her current translation projects include the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Best of All Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e by Slovak-Swiss author Irena Brezná and \u003ci\u003eThe Arab World--Another Planet?\u003c\/i\u003e by Emire Khidayer. Janet lives in Seattle with her two children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 142\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.5 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 11, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47249081794809,"sku":"9781937512736","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/4AnnfQWJFR9781937512736.webp?v=1768641471","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/away-away-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}