The Czech Books You Must Read
Petra Hůlová’s Mongolian family saga ‘All This Belongs to Me’
The Czech Books You Must Read
Petra Hůlová’s Mongolian family saga ‘All This Belongs to Me’
Radio Prague Int.
Petra Hůlová was fresh out of university when she burst onto the Czech literary scene in 2002, with her debut novel Paměť mojí babičce, or All This Belongs to Me, chronicling the lives of three generations of women in a Mongolian family. A surprise bestseller at the time, the poetic but often bleak family saga remains among the most widely read Czech books of recent decades. While set in the Mongolian steppes and capital of Ulaanbaatar, it is also a universal story of family secrets, betrayal, shame and resilience.
Brian Kenety
