{"product_id":"the-long-version-paperback","title":"The Long Version - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePetra Hůlová\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlex Zucker\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan a woman wake up one day and say \"#MeToo\" 20 years after the fact? Or is \"#MeToo\" a right reserved for the younger generation? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her early fifties, Czech author Sylvie Novak looks back on her successful career. As she embarks on a tour to promote her book of feminist essays--which she's not convinced has captured the nature of gender inequality--her teenage daughter Judita finds her journals from her youth, discovering the intimate relationship she had with a much older writer. Judita is convinced the experience scarred her for life, whereas Novak considers her daughter's views to be ignorant and absolutist, however critical she is towards the deep-seated machismo of Eastern European dissident cultures. Meanwhile, the man she loves has found a new, younger object of desire, leaving Novak to reflect on the decline of her sex appeal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Long Version\u003c\/i\u003e, we become spectators of Novak's tightrope walk, balancing between the old generation and the new, love and desire, and above all the myriad interpretations of the past. Like Hůlová, Novak seeks not to lay blame or win sympathy, but to explore the shifting meanings of feminism at a time of polarized thinking and, perhaps, discover a path towards reconciliation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePetra Hůlová\u003c\/b\u003e is a fiction writer and the recipient of several literary awards, including Czechia's highest literary recognitions--the Magnesia Litera, the Josef Skvorecký Award and the Jiří Orten Award. The English translation of her debut novel \u003ci\u003eAll This Belongs to Me\u003c\/i\u003e, translated by Alex Zucker, won the ALTA National Translation Award. Hůlová lives in Prague, where she is a regular commentator on current events for the Czech press. She studied language, culture and anthropology at universities in Prague, Ulaanbaatar and New York, and was a Fulbright scholar in the USA. Her ten novels and three plays have been translated into thirteen languages. Her socio-critical satire \u003ci\u003eThe Movement\u003c\/i\u003e, published by World Editions, continues to challenge sexual norms. \u003ci\u003eThe Long Version\u003c\/i\u003e is her latest feminist novel, asking important questions about the #MeToo movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex Zucke\u003c\/b\u003er has translated novels by Zuzana Říhová, Magdaléna Platzová, Jáchym Topol, Bianca Bellová, Petra Hůlová, J. R. Pick, Tomás Zmeskal, Josef Jedlička, Heda Margolius Kovály, Patrik Ouředník and Miloslava Holubová. His translation of Petra Hůlová's \u003ci\u003eThree Plastic Rooms\u003c\/i\u003e and Jáchym Topol's \u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Workshop \u003c\/i\u003ereceived Writing in Translation awards from English PEN; in 2010 he won the National Translation Award from the American Literary Translators Association for his Englishing of Petra Hůlová's debut novel, \u003ci\u003e All This Belongs to Me\u003c\/i\u003e; and in 2023 his translation of the Bianca Bellová novel \u003ci\u003eThe Lake\u003c\/i\u003e was the winner of the EBRD Literature Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 218\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51409412358367,"sku":"9781642861693","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/rb3mzdB3u09781642861693.webp?v=1789617552","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-long-version-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}