{"id":392,"date":"2024-07-11T16:45:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T14:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pluh2.wordpress.com\/?page_id=392"},"modified":"2024-07-11T16:45:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T14:45:54","slug":"ostrov","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pluh.org\/index.php\/ostrov\/","title":{"rendered":"Ostrov"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\u201cOne of our Czech tips is a new book by Bianca Bellov\u00e1 called \u2018The Island\u2019.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Radio Wave<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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About the Book<\/summary>\n
Original Title<\/strong><\/td>Ostrov<\/td><\/tr>
First Published<\/strong><\/td>2022<\/td><\/tr>
Publisher<\/strong><\/td>Host, Brno<\/td><\/tr>
Pages<\/strong><\/td>184<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n
Rights Sold<\/summary>\n
Italy<\/strong><\/td>Miraggi –<\/strong> Turin<\/td><\/tr>
Bulgaria <\/strong><\/td>Izida – Sofia<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The aged merchant Izar returns after some time to the Island, ruled by Princess N\u00farit. He once had an affair with her. No wonder, he has the most luxurious goods and she is beautiful and proud. But he has problems: a nasty addiction to alcohol, drugs and sex. And to self-deception. In real life, Nurit is as poor as a church mouse. But she cleverly masks all these weaknesses from those around her. She keeps them at bay with fiction, a kind of dark magic, a raw fairy tale. She likes fairy tales. And Izar is a storyteller almost as skilled as Scheherazade. Nevertheless N\u00farit sends Izar out on a perilous journey to save her empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The novel The Island<\/em> hides secrets and mysteries, loyalty and betrayal, desire and laudanum. The two unheroic heroes, Izar and the N\u00farit, engage in various mischiefs – he tells her stories as old as the world, she devours them like a child. And as far as children go, we have the shit-boy, poor and lonely due to his stinking job, quiet and humble, yet struggling against fate and the prejudices of the other Islanders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cBianca Bellov\u00e1 can evoke an atmosphere through sensory perception, to capture the pinkish color of skin on a frosty ride on horseback and the grayish skin afflicted with plague spots. In passages like these the author\u2019s precise style stands out, and the reader naturally perceives the power of words and their skilful use.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Hospod\u00e1\u0159sk\u00e9 noviny<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201c\u2018The Island\u2019 is one of those books that you read multiple times and find something new each time.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 iLiteratura<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201c\u2018The Island\u2019 is a very brave, well-read and extremely sensitive novel. Once again, Bianca Bellov\u00e1 has succeeded in writing an excellent book.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Novinky<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Izida, Sofia, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Translated by Denitsa Prodanova<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

L\u2019isola<\/summary>\n

Miraggi, Turin, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Translated by Laura Angeloni<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

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