This Room is Impossible to Eat

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Mae nofel gyntaf Nicol Hochholczerová yn werthwr gorau dadleuol. Cafodd y llyfr ei wahardd, derbyniodd wobrau ac fe'i cyfieithwyd yn eang ar draws Ewrop.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

Nicol Hochholczerová's first novel is a controversial best-seller. It has been awarded prizes and is being widely translated across Europe.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Nicol Hochholczerová, who was born in 1999, grew up in Rimavská Sobota, Slovakia. In 2024, she completed a Master’s in graphic design at the Academy of Art in Banská Bystrica. Her short stories have garnered prizes in a number of literary competitions. Her book-length debut, Táto izba sa nedá zjesť (This Room Is Impossible to Eat) was shortlisted for Slovakia’s most prestigious literary prize, the Anasoft Litera Award, and has since been translated into Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Serbian, Polish and Ukrainian, with German and Macedonian translations underway. A feature film based on the book is in production. In 2022, Hochholczerová was named Young Artist of the Year by the Tatra Banka Foundation. The Polish translation was nominated for the Angelus literary prize, awarded to living authors from Central Europe.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

"Courageous... can be swallowed in one gulp" – Ivana Gibová "A surreal imagination" – Peter FL Jílek "Nicol Hochholczerová’s striking debut novel, This Room is Impossible to Eat is part fairy tale, part allegory, and one of the realest stories you’ll ever read. With effortless prose that is as beguiling as it is lucid, Hochholczerová captures the dynamics of abuse in a way that few novels, or even memoirs, accomplish" – Joshua Mensch, European Literature Network "An unmissable, brave new literary voice." – Gosia Buzzanca, Buzz Magazine "There’s an unsettling tension that runs throughout This Room Is Impossible to Eat that goes beyond its unsettling subject matter... This book left me both devastated and eager to read more" – Tobias Carroll, Words Without Borders Tereza and Ivan share secrets. Tereza is now in art school away from the town where she grew up. Ivan is a teacher and artist. Tereza is now nineteen, Ivan is fifty-seven. They have known each other for years. Tereza shares her secrets with her friend Silvia. Ivan does not tell anyone. He constructs memories of Tereza to keep in his bed at night, covering them with sweat and tears. In this minimalist, poetic novella with autobiographical elements Nicol Hochholczerová weaves a story of obsession and power and how both can lead to damage and separation. Rich with symbolism, its explosive themes – of eating disorders, abusive control and family dysfunction – are delicately handled with honesty and intelligence. Nicol Hochholczerová’s first novel is a controversial best-seller. It has been awarded prizes and is being widely translated across Europe.