Žena zo sekáča / The Second-hand Woman

An unemployed woman moves to the Big City hoping to make money and start a new career. Her new business provides second-hand friendship in form of conversation, company and advice for the lonely. The main protagonist Gabriela, nicknamed Čaba, finds a flat in a shabby housing block where she hopes to attract customers. She is drawn into the lives of three very different people – physically disabled but mentally all-too-agile Kornel Thöke; domineering, successful and rich but quite unpopular Muriel, a manager; and young and simple-minded Pipi, married to an elderly man who has nothing to offer her apart from a fat bank account. The protagonist shuffles between her three customers, listening to their grievances, and as their lives become entangled, she discovers the double-faced nature of the Big City.  

Publisher

Number of pages

280

Language

Slovak language

Year

2008

Book category

General Fiction

Original language

Slovak language

Issue

1.

Published in

Bratislava

Country

Slovakia

ISBN

978-80-85549-78-2

Book cover

Paperback