Bøger af Petra Hůlová

”En del Animal Farm, en del The Handmaid's Tale, en del A Clockwork Orange og (måske) en del Frankenstein; den tjekkiske forfatter Hůlovás roman afmonterer patriarkatet og erstatter det med et skræmmende alternativ … Hůlovás provokerende satire om en feministisk fremtid i lige høj grad udfordrer og foruroliger” Kirkus ReviewsPetra Hůlová (f. 1979 i Prag) er ph.d. og har studeret samfundsvidenskab, kulturstudier og mongolsk. Forfatterskabet har modtaget flere priser, bl.a. Magnesia Litera, Jiří Orten-prisen og Josef Škvorecký-prisen. Bevægelsen er første bog oversat til dansk; flere af hendes øvrige bøger er oversat til i alt tretten forskellige sprog. Hůlová benytter i hele forfatterskabet provokationen som brændstof, og hun foretrækker at beskæftige sig med ”3G”-emnerne ’Gender’, ’Generations’ og ’Geography’.

The Movement''s founding ideology emphasises women should be valued for their inner qualities, spirit, and character, not for their physical attributes.Some men continue with unreformed attitudes but many submit - or are sent by their wives and daughters - to the Institute for internment and reeducation. Our narrator, an unapologetic guard at one of these reeducation facilities, describes how the Movement started, the challenges faced, her own personal journey, and what happens when a program fails. Outspoken, ambiguous, and terrifying, this socio-critical satire of our sexual norms sets the reader firmly outside of their comfort zone.

A foul-mouthed Prague prostitute muses on her profession, aging and the nature of materialism as imagined in her own reality TV series. In an unvarnished mixture of vulgar and poetic language, the episodes combine the mundane with fetishism, violence and dark humour.

Chronicles the lives of three generations of women in a Mongolian family. Told from the point of view of a mother, three sisters, and the daughter of one of the sisters, this story of secrets and betrayals takes us from the daily rhythms of nomadic life on the steppe to the harsh realities of urban alcoholism and prostitution in the capital.