Towards White

There is a subconscious inclination to perceive things in a fairy-tale way, in black and white, so to speak: white is good, soothing, pure; a prince clad in shining armour and riding a white horse, comes to rescue us while his evil adversary clad all in black tries to prevent him from doing so. Kucbelová’s fifth book of poems uses white as a central motif, but subverts the perception of the color. The author presents us with an image of humanity, of an elusive world at a point of utter uncertainty; when the basic anchoring and principles of the functioning of the place in which we live and would like to consider our home, are lost.

Publisher

Number of pages

72

Language

Slovak language

Year

2022

Book category

Poetry

Original language

Slovak language

Issue

1.

Country

Slovakia

Book cover

Hardcover