About Viktorie Hanisová Books
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).
