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The mushroom gatherer

A woman searches for mushrooms, but instead unearths the long-buried truths of her own life.

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Main Author:	Hanišová, Viktorie, 1980- (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Seagull Books, 2025.
Subjects:	Mushrooms > Fiction. Family secrets > Fiction.
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Summary:	A woman searches for mushrooms, but instead unearths the long-buried truths of her own life.
Physical Description:	289 pages ; 25 cm.
ISBN:	9781803095691 1803095695
Author Notes:	Viktorie Hanisová explores themes of trauma, motherhood, and societal issues in her acclaimed works. Her novels Anezka , The Mushroom Gatherer , and Reconstruction form a loose trilogy on trauma and family dynamics. A graduate of Charles University, Prague, Hanisová also writes short stories and works as a translator and language teacher. Véronique Firkusny is a translator and executive director of the Avery Fisher Artist Program at Lincoln Center. She coaches opera singers in Czech diction in New York City and her notable translations include Kateřina Tučková's Gerta and Daniela Hodrová's trilogy City of Torment (with Elena Sokol).