PT Journal
AU Strelec, K
TI Behind the wallpaper, the wall is scratched, behind the ideology, the void. Emma Labudova's (Un)Awarded Wallpaper Artist
SO Bohemica Olomucensia
PY 2023
BP 226
EP 232
VL 14
IS 3
DI 10.5507/bo.2022.044
DE Ema Labudova; LGBTQ; contemporary Czech prose; ideology
AB The study reflects on the question of whether Ema Labudova's book Tapetar (The Wallpaper Artist) was rightly awarded the 2019 Book Club Literary Award. The author tries to demonstrate that although the text treats a socially desirable topic (the lives of LGBTQ people), this fact cannot obscure the fundamental weaknesses of Ema Labudova's literary art.
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