Kucbelova Katari Na - The Bonnet - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: A beautifully written and moving story about the power of tradition and the importance of women's stories. The Bonnet the first work of prose by Slovak poet Katar na Kucbelov defies easy pigeonholing: both political and personal it is a work of literary reportage a quest for one's roots a critical exploration of folk art and not least social commentary on the coexistence of the Slovak majority and the Roma minority offering a nuanced and sympathetic look at the lives of Roma people in Slovakia and raising important questions about the nature of prejudice and discrimination. Over two years the author made regular visits to the remote village of umiac in Slovakia to learn the dying craft of bonnet making from one of its last practitioners Il ka an elderly local woman who in the process became her mentor in more ways than one. Through the parallel stories of Il ka and the narrator's grandmother The Bonnet also offers a subtly feminist reading of the position of women in rural Europe from the early twentieth century to the present day.
Title: The Bonnet
Author(s): Kucbelova Katari Na
Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd
Barcode: 9781803093529
Pages: 224 Pages
Publication Date: 6/5/2024
Series: The Slovak List
Category: Prose: Non-Fiction