Nicol Hochholczerová
This Room Is Impossible To Eat (Táto izba sa nedá zjesť)
SLOVAKIA
BOOK
It is a controversial, emotionally raw, and austere yet poetic text depicting six years of unequal relationship between the teenage Tereza, twelve at the story’s beginning, and Ivan, a fifty-year-old art club lecturer. Tereza is unaware that she is trapped in an illicit relationship with a manipulative man: with Ivan, she finally feels beautiful and admired. As she grows up, she reconsiders the whole situation, tries to escape the toxic cycle, and gradually becomes detached from Ivan. But can this be done? The short, punchy chapters, shocking in their frankness, resonate with us long after we finish reading.
Published by Koloman Kertész Bagala, 2021
AUTHOR
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Nicol Hochholczerová (*1999) comes from the town of Rimavská Sobota and studied graphic design at the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica. She has won several awards for her short stories in Slovak literary competitions. Her book debut, the novella This Room Is Impossible To Eat (Táto izba sa nedá zjesť) (published in Czech in 2023), caused a stir in the Slovak cultural scene and sparked a debate about the taboo of sexual violence.
