Slovak Writer Hochholczerova on Book Tour in Britain

London/Bratislava, May 10 (TASR) - Slovak writer Nicol Hochholczerova has been on tour in Britain since Tuesday (May 6) with her first book: 'This Book is Impossible to Eat'. The tour was organised by the Parthian Books publishing house with the support of the Slovak Literary Centre (SLC), which also informed TASR about it. Hochholczerova will will appear at almost ten events, including readings, discussions and translation workshops in London, Oxford, Bristol, and Cardiff until May 15. Hochholczerova's autobiographical novel about the harsh subject of abuse has also been published in English, translated by Julia and Peter Sherwood. Using a minimalist language style, Hochholczerova in her book addresses the issue of an unequal and manipulative relationship between a teenager called Tereza and an older man who is her teacher. The Welsh Parthian Books publishing house compared the debut of the young Slovak author to works by Jenny Erpenbeck, Kate Elizabeth Russell and Lisa Taddeo. Hochholczerova kicked off her British tour with a discussion at the School of Slavic and East European Studies at University College London (UCL) on Tuesday. On Wednesday (May 7), she took part in a discussion about writing, translation and contemporary Slovak literature at Queen's College, Oxford, accompanied by the book's translators. On the next day, she attended a translation workshop in Oxford and then moved on to Wales, where she will hold discussions at bookstores in Crickhowell and Cardiff over the next few days. From there, she will continue to Bristol for a discussion at the 'Translated by' literary translation festival with its founder Polly Barton on May 13. Hochholczerova will conclude the tour on May 15 in London, with a discussion with writer Lucy Popescu at Hatchards bookstore, the oldest in the British capital. The novel "This Room is Impossible to Eat' (KK Bagala, 2021) has already been translated into eight languages. In addition to English, there are Bulgarian, Czech, Macedonian, Hungarian, German, Serbian and Ukrainian versions. ko/df/mf