{"product_id":"the-bonnet-9781803093529","title":"The Bonnet","description":"\u003cb\u003eA beautifully written and moving story about the power of tradition and the importance of women's stories.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bonnet\u003c\/i\u003e, the first work of prose by Slovak poet Katarína Kucbelová, defies easy pigeonholing: both political and personal, it is a work of literary reportage, a quest for one's roots, a critical exploration of folk art and, not least, social commentary on the coexistence of the Slovak majority and the Roma minority, offering a nuanced and sympathetic look at the lives of Roma people in Slovakia, and raising important questions about the nature of prejudice and discrimination. Over two years, the author made regular visits to the remote village of Sumiac in Slovakia to learn the dying craft of bonnet making from one of its last practitioners, Il'ka, an elderly local woman who in the process became her mentor in more ways than one. Through the parallel stories of Il'ka and the narrator's grandmother, \u003ci\u003eThe Bonnet\u003c\/i\u003e also offers a subtly feminist reading of the position of women in rural Europe from the early twentieth century to the present day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seagull Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781803093529\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2024 pg. 106\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kucbelova\u0026#194;\u0026#180;","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44273785110709,"sku":"9781803093529","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c505642f-f8dd-4180-89fe-68d84db16702.jpg?v=1718082526","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-bonnet-9781803093529","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}