Böcker utgivna av Jantar Publishing Ltd

Poetry from the front lines of the Ukrainian-Russian war

A gripping portrayal of a totalitarian society in all its irrationality, absurdity and implacability, simultaneously provoking laughter and shuddering in the reader.

A deeply unsettling, visceral tale of a young woman unraveling, evolving from carer to cared for.

Andric and his girlfriend Laura have been seeing each other for a long time now but it isn't clear what each sees in the other.

This is Balla's most recent book and marks a glorious return to the short story form. The stories are very topical dealing with the theme of masculinity, how that is expressed in different forms of aggressive nationalism, Slovak 'nativism' and delusional male interior monologues

Alice returns from her death to act as witness and participant in Prague's tumultuous history from its foundation to 1989.

Burying the Season is an affectionate, multi-layered account of small town life in central Europe beginning in the early 1930s and ending in the 21st Century. Adapting scenes from Fellini's Amarcord, Bajaja's meandering narrative weaves humour, tragedy and historical events into a series of compelling nostalgic anecdotes.

Balla is often described as "the Slovak Kafka" for his depictions of the absurd and the mundane. In the Name of the Father features a nameless narrator reflecting on his life, looking for someone else to blame for his failed relationship with his parents and two sons, his serial adultery and his wife's descent into madness.

International diplomacy has stopped working. A new breed of authoritarian ruler has emerged, contemptuous of the rules of diplomacy and collective security, and willing to lie and bully to build power and influence. Europe's democracies are confused and defensive. It is 1938 and Germany is putting pressure on Czechoslovakia.

Set in Slovakia from the mid-1970s onwards, historical fact, murder, loss and mourning combine delicately in a tale of love, loss, redemption and joy.

Agnieszka Dale's characters all want to find greatness, but they realise greatness isn't their thing. But what is? And what is great anyway?

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.

Insightful and unforgiving, Children of Our Age is a deeply human and timely story of Polish immigrants. Sweeping between their past in Poland and their present in Britain, this electrifying novel explores the ways unlikely encounters transform lives, the limits of loyalty, and love.

A noble misfit investigates a powerful party figure in 1950s Czechoslovakia. His struggle against blackmail and betrayal leaves him determined to succeed where others have failed. Set in Stalinist Central Europe, GraveLarks is an intellectual thriller navigating the ambiguity between sado-masochism, black humour, political satire, murder and hope.

A captivating three-generational saga set in the twentieth century, beginning when time was linear and ending with a less well-defined notion of progress.

A novel of quest, in which the heroine abandons the material world of everyday society and linear history, and journeys in search of her true identity.

Through playful poetic prose, Daniela Hodrova shares her unique perception of Prague, imaginatively blending historical and cultural motifs with autobiographical moments.