Summary
Veronika Šikulova: Places in the Net
Grandmother Jolana, her daughter Alica and granddaughter Verona are women of three generations of one family whose lives, courageous despite the tragedies that have marked them, intertwine and complement each other in this powerful and detailed prose. Alternating three female voices, which are marked by a different linguistic and stylistic expression, Veronika Šikulova through this autobiographically intoned novel searches for her place in the network of family identity, personal strength and life balance, and at the same time talks not only about relationships within her own family but also about history, the Slovaks from the south, and a life in which there was no lack of work, but there was love, about courage and perseverance in enduring everything that life throws at an individual.
Veronika Šikulova is excellent. Slovakian storyteller whose Places in the grid record all the diversity of smells, tastes and customs from some past times, which she skilfully contrasts with the chaotic world of the youngest heroine, which makes her confessional tone emotional and wistful on the one hand, but also intriguing on the other. Her intimate searches are strong and expressive, because she speaks in a suggestive way about a strong woman who looks adversities and tragedies straight in the eyes, confronting them even in the moments of the heaviest losses when she is left to her own devices. Places in the network is an honest and brave confession, one of those in which the autobiographical turns into a strong, universal story about women (and men) in the whirlwind of life
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