# Boat Number Five - Hardcover

by **Monika Kompaníková** (Author), **Janet Livingstone** (Translator)

**The moving yet humorous story of a girl struggling to care for herself and others in post-communist Slovakia.**

Emotionally neglected by her immature, promiscuous mother and made to care for her cantankerous dying grandmother, twelve-year-old Jarka is left to fend for herself in the social vacuum of a post-communist concrete apartment-block jungle in Bratislava, Slovakia. She spends her days roaming the streets and daydreaming in the only place she feels safe: a small garden inherited from her grandfather. One day, on her way to the garden, she stops at a suburban railway station and impulsively abducts twin babies. Jarka teeters on the edge of disaster, and while struggling to care for the babies, she discovers herself. With a vivid and unapologetic eye, Monika Kompan kov captures the universal quest for genuine human relationships amid the emptiness and ache of post-communist Europe. _Boat Number Five_, which was adapted into an award-winning Slovak film, is the first of two books that launch Seagull's much-anticipated Slovak List.

### Author Biography

**Monika Kompaníková** is considered one of the most outstanding writers of contemporary Slovak fiction. She is the author of four books for adults and five books for children and works as a publisher and book editor for Slovak newspaper _Denník N_. **Janet Livingstone** is a translator who lived in Bratislava for more than fifteen years.

**Number of Pages:** 212

**Dimensions:** 1 x 9.1 x 6.2 IN

**Publication Date:** November 17, 2021

## Details

- **Price:** 24.5 USD
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