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041    eng 
082 04 891.873|223 
092 0  Roman|bengelska 
100 1  Kovalyk, Uršul̕a|4aut 
245 14 The equestrienne /|cUršul̕a Kovalyk ; translated by Julia 
       Sherwood, Peter Sherwood 
264  1 Cardigan :|bParthian,|c2021 
300    81|c21 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Translated from the Slovak 
500    This translation originally published: 2016 
500    It is 1984 and a small town somewhere in the east of the 
       Czechoslovak Socialist Republic is in the firm grip of 
       totalitarianism. Unruly and sickly Karolína is growing up 
       in an all-female household including her hot-blooded, 
       knife-wielding grandmother. Repelled by her mum’s serial 
       love affairs Karolína runs away and stumbles upon a riding
       school on the edge of town. There, she befriends Romana, a
       girl with one leg shorter than the other and Matilda, a 
       rider and trainer who helps the two girls overcome their 
       physical limitations. Together they found a successful 
       trick-riding team and soon it seems that half flags, mills
       and scales are not the only tricks flashing like blades up
       her sequinned sleeve as Karolína explores Pink Floyd and 
       smoking, and discovers her knack for seeing deep into 
       others’ souls. The fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989 and 
       the subsequent arrival of capitalism threatens to destroy 
       the riding school. The team has to turn professional. But 
       in a sport of perfect scores is there still room for 
       Romana and Karolína...? The Equestrienne is a poetic, 
       caustic coming-of-age novel about the desire of one young 
       girl to realise her dreams before and after Velvet 
       Revolution; it is a celebration of friendship between 
       women and also a bitter acknowledgement that greed and the
       desire for power can destroy any relationship 
648  7 1980-talet|2sao 
650  7 Slovakisk litteratur|2sao 
650  7 Socialism|2sao 
650  7 Ridning|2sao 
650  7 Hästar|2sao 
650  7 Sammetsrevolutionen, Tjeckoslovakien, 1989|2sao 
651  0 Slovakia|vFiction 
655  7 Romaner|2saogf 
700 1  Sherwood, Julia|4trl 
700 1  Sherwood, P. A.|q(Peter A.)|4trl