Artforum is a small publishing house in Slovakia. We first had a network of small bookshops in few cities in Slovakia and there we saw that there are some important titles missing on the market. So we started a publishing house in order to offer quality books to our customers, but also all the slovak readers. We want to keep a variety in our publishing plans so in the 10-15 titles published in a year we offer translations of older and contemporary fiction, slovak authors that were not published due to censorship in the years of totality, but also contemporary slovak prose and poetry. We also try to publish one or two non-fiction titles per year and lately also one or two children's books. Our aim is to publish books that have both literary and visual quality. Thats why we cooperate with few very good, mostly young designers and illustrators that help us to fulfill this vision.
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News
The Man Booker International Prize Longlist Announced
Two of our books appeared between the shortlisted finalists: Fish have no feet and A horse walks into a bar. We are happy and crossing our fingers! More information
The Fifth Ship sails again
The Fifth Ship was put to the sea of readers, and now also to the sea of viewers.
Selected books
Amadoka
Sofija Andruchovyč
The extensive novel by one of the most important authors of contemporary Ukrainian fiction revolves around the theme of memory, the relationship between memory and forgetting.
Identity
Milan Kundera
The book offers reflection on our place on Earth, self-knowledge, mortality, loyalty, love. About the aging of each of us, but also about the aging of modern European culture as a whole.
Prašina: Chalk Figure
Vojtěch Matocha
Prašina is back! Changed, with new heroes and in the comics, but it is still it. Seven separate comic books are published as a collective book edition in Slovak.
Faces and dates in the rearview mirror
Martin Bútora
The present can best be understood if we know the past. In his book, Martin Bútora provides brief reflections on the turning points in history of the past decades. These texts will enable the reader to better understand what happened in 1918, 1939, 1968,
The man who sold the air in Holy land
Omer Friedlander
The debut collection of stories by Israeli-American author Omer Friedlander is a fantastic and imaginative trip to the narrow streets of Jerusalem, the desolate Negev desert and the picturesque orange groves of Jaffa, Israel.
Elizabeth Finch
Julian Barnes
Elizabeth Finch is a professor, Neil is a failed actor and a student in her Culture and Civilization course. Neil is charmed by the stoic, withdrawn and inspirational woman, and her passion for thinking resonates with him long after he loses her forever.
Inside Information
Eškol Nevo
The latest novel by one of Israel's most important contemporary writers contains three interconnected stories that explore the different positions and forms of love at the wrong time and in the wrong place.