The Night Circus
and Other Stories
translated by Julia and Peter Sherwood
April 2019
108 pages, paperback
ISBN 978-1-912681-04-4
Most of the stories in The Night Circus and Other Stories appeared in Uršuľa Kovalyk’s second short story collection, Travesty šou, published in 2004 by ASPEKT. Kovalyk’s elusive, delicate stories blend frank treatment of women’s sexuality and pressing issues such as violence against women, aging and the environment.
Read “The Dog in the Fridge” from The Night Circus and Other Stories
More About This Title in the Press
- “Female predators and average dead fathers: a daring Slovak short story collection contemplates contemporary womanhood” by Paula Erizanu in The Calvert Journal, December 2019
- “The Night Circus Review” by Michael Stein in B O D Y Literature, November 2019
- “Lucy Popescu reviews three novels by Slovak authors on tour” on BookBlast, November 2019
- “Raising the Velvet Curtain: A Journey Through Contemporary Slovak Arts” by Paul Burke in NB, November 2019
- “Review: Big Love by Balla & The Night Circus and Other Stories by Uršuľa Kovalyk” by Andreea Scridon in The London Magazine, October 2019
- “Ursula Phillips reviews The Night Circus and Other Stories by Uršuľa Kovalyk” in Riveting Reviews (European Literature Network)
- “Opening Up Whole New Worlds in a Nutshell” by Julia Secklehner in Central and East European London Review