Palo Bálik

1977

Typographer, graphic designer and head of the Laboratory of the Department of Typography at the Faculty of Visual Communication at the University of Fine Arts in Bratislava.

In his free time he is devoted to organizing the exhibitions, lectures and popularization in the field of visual communication. Books with his layouts and graphic design have been awarded by many prizes. (Most Beautiful Books of Slovakia, Bratislava Biennial of Illustrations ...)

Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction

The single volume featuring two novellas by J. D. Salinger, which were previously published in The New Yorker

Nine Stories

Our old friend comes in new design and new translation

The book about vermin

Big book about small vermin.

Bodies

In his new novel Bodies, Peter Krištúfek examines different ways of narrating the stories of our intimate relationships.The corporeality serves him as a base of incorporeal.

The invisible cities

Cities, their descriptions, stories and beautiful illustrations that accompany them. Everlasting classic book gets a new coat.

The Noise of Time

A tribute from Barnes to Shostakovich: a composer, conformist and a toy in the hands of the powerful ones.

The Holy Butcher of Šamorín

The Holy Butcher of Šamorín and Other Stories from the Times of the Small Danube War: It is an illusion that we know everything about the Hungary-Slovakia relations. We are only trying to make ourselves believe that the current location is absolute.

Manaraga

What is life like in the world without paper books? In the world where they survive in museums or are used as barbecue charcoal at snobbish parties...