On the other side

Pavol Rankov

Whether it's a writing, parable or a horror story, the author has prepared for us attractive reading and unexpected point.

Master of the mysterious stories is back with a new collection. Pavol Rankov's new book is divided into two stylistically different, seemingly contradictory parts. In the first one he used archaic language of ancient stories from faraway countries and mythical times. On the other side, there are episodes of our geographically close contemporaries recorded in their authentic speech.

Pavol Rankov (1964)

Writer of prose fiction, essayist, journalist, information scientist and university pedagogue. He won the EU Prize for Literature for his novel Stalo sa prvého septembra (alebo inokedy) or It Happened on September the First (or Whenever). Writer of prose fiction, essayist, journalist, information scientist and university pedagogue. After completing his secondary schooling in Bratislava he studied library science at the Philosophical Faculty of Bratislava's Comenius University (1983-1987). ... More.

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