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Distributed for Karolinum Press, Charles University

Velvet Blues

Twentieth Century in the Stories of Czechoslovak Roma

Translated by Alex Zucker

252 pages | 29 halftones | © 2026

Black Studies

Literature and Literary Criticism: General Criticism and Critical Theory, Slavic Languages


Table of Contents

Editor’s Note
Brave Romani Women (Zlatica Rusová)
Romane romna (Zlatica Rusová)
Run for It, Margita! (Kvetoslava Podhradská)
Denaš, Margitko! (Kvetoslava Podhradská)
My Dears (Eva Danišová)
Mire kedvešne (Eva Danišová)
Going to the Movies (Ilona Ferková)
Sar amen o chave phirahas andre mozi (Ilona Ferková)
Open-sky Flat (Olga Fecová)
My Wonderful Family (Markéta Šestáková)
The Way We Used to Live (Michal Šamko)
Cirlatuno dživipen (Michal Šamko)
Going to Grandpa’s (Emil Cina)
Džas ko papus (Emil Cina)
Cukca’s Great Misfortune (Gejza Demeter)
Le C?ukc?uskeri bari bibacht (Gejza Demeter)
Žižkovite (Patrik Banga)
Inside the Bubble (Stanislava Ondová)
That’s Capitalism for You (Maria Siváková)
The Nineties (Vera Horváthová Duždová)
Where to Now? (Mária Hušová)
A Few Presents (Eva Danišová)
E Karacona imar nadur (Eva Danišová)
The House on Šterková Street (Kvetoslava Podhradská)
You’re Like Me (Martin Kanaloš)
Afterword (Karolína Ryvolová)
Glossary of Czech, Romani, and Slovak Expressions and Phrases

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