The Night of Literature is a transnational cultural project in which many European cities participate. The Czech Center in Bratislava, as the main organizer of the popular literary event, has chosen the date of this year's Night of Literature - it will be May 20. We cordially invite you to a literary walk along Modra.
Top performers, excellent literature, Modran wines and magical corners of the city await you. You will be able to purchase the presented books and win interesting prizes.
The readings will be in 5 locations at once and continue in 30-minute intervals – 15 minutes reading and 15 minutes break to move to the next location.
ADMISSION: voluntary
Event schedule:
18:30 – OPENING
A – Evangelical Church av (German Church), Dolná 1
19:00 – 21:15 – READING AT POSITIONS A, B, C, D, E
21:30 – EVALUATION, PRIZE DRAW, CONCERT OF PUPILS OF ZUŠ Modra under the direction of Veronika Čambalová
A
Evangelical Church av (German Church)
Lower 1
Read by: MONIKA KOMPANÍKOVÁ
Liszt Institute – Hungarian Cultural Center Bratislava
László Krasznahorkai: The Satanic Tango
BRaK, 2020
Translation: Timea Beck
The latest collection of short stories by the popular Israeli author brings stories that masterfully combine absurdity, dark humor, and deep humanity. The characters balance on the edge of reality, undergo strange conversations, unpredictable technological interventions, and moments full of existential questions in the fragility of the contemporary world, intertwined with misunderstandings, misinterpretations, but also full of hope.
B
Old Evangelical rectory
Lower 3
Read by: MARTINA NOSKOVÁ
Israeli Embassy
Etgar Keret: Autocorrect
Artforum, 2025
Translation: Silvia Singer
On a remote plain, plagued by wind and constant rain, the last members of a declining economy live and helplessly wait for a miracle. They weave intrigues, spy on each other, cheat, and steal. One day, Irimiáš, presumed dead, returns to the settlement. This awakens unexpected hope in the small community of settlers, but also fears of revenge and damnation.
C
Former German Evangelical School
Sturova 61
Read by: PETER SKLAR
Swiss Embassy
Joël Dicker: Wild Animal
Slovart, 2025
Translation: Beata Panáková
A robbery in a Geneva jewelry store, two perpetrators, staff in handcuffs. A few weeks earlier, the Brauns throw a birthday party in a luxurious villa near Geneva. Among the invited guests are neighbors who live in much more modest circumstances. However, the idyllic life of Sophie and Arpad Brauns soon collapses when it becomes clear that their past is not as spotless as their image. Moreover, Sophie receives a birthday gift that directly threatens her life.
D
Malé Divy Tasting Cellar
Sturova 80
Read by: JANA MAJESKÁ and MAREK MAJESKÝ
Belgium (Walloon representation)
Amélie Nothomb: Happy Nostalgia
INAQUE, 2024
Translation: Ivana Dobrakovová
Japan is the country where Amélie Nothomb was born and where she never stopped thinking and dreaming. Under her pen and in her heart, it became fiction. But in this autobiographical narrative, everything is meant to be real. The author of In Awe and Fear returns to the places and people she loves. She visits her nanny, Nishio-san, and meets her ex-boyfriend Rinri, with whom she broke up in her twenties. She also talks about her relationship with the language she learned as a child and then forgot.
Polish Institute
Olga Tokarczuk: Bizarre Stories
Premedia, 2025
Translation: Karol Chmel
Ten unpredictable, beautiful and remarkable stories. Each of them invites the reader to another world, whether the plot takes place in Volhynia in the 17th century during the Swedish invasion of Poland, in modern-day Switzerland, in Asia, in an ordinary Polish garden, or in places that do not exist. The stories are full of surreal and disturbing moments, for example, when a transplanted heart wants to return to the donor's native country. In our reality, nothing is as it seems.
E
Cuveé Wine shop & Coffee, U richtára house
Sturova 93- 95
Read by: BORIS FARKAŠ
Austrian Cultural Forum
Susanne Gregor: Half-lives
Literary Bastion, 2025
Translation: Paulína Čuhová
Klara tragically dies while hiking. Only Paulína knows what happened. Paulína is a Slovak woman whom Klara hired after her mother's heart attack to be her nanny. Everyone liked her. She and Klara may have even become friends, but then something went wrong, they crossed the line. A psychological novel about two women and the fine lines between good intentions, conflict and alienation in a world full of inequality.
Galéria
