{"product_id":"the-bitter-life-of-bozena-nmcovza-a-biographical-collage-9781941628072","title":"The Bitter Life of Bozena N\u0026#283;mcová: A Biographical Collage","description":"\u003cp\u003eArtistic, rebellious, and unapologetically intelligent, Bozena Němcová defied every convention for a woman in mid-nineteenth-century Bohemia: she was active in nationalist politics, she smoked cigars, she took a series of lovers, and she laid bare her ideas and emotions in her letters and stories. \u003ci\u003eThe Bitter Life of Bozena Němcová\u003c\/i\u003e is a biographical collage of found texts, footnotes, fragments, and images by and about the Czech fairy tale writer, whom Milan Kundera calls the \"Mother of Czech Prose.\" Kelcey Parker Ervick's innovative collage form, with its many voices and viewpoints, questions the concept of biographical \"truth\" while also revealing a nuanced and spellbinding portrait of Němcová. Inspired by Němcová's letters, the book's second section, \"Postcards to Bozena\" is Parker Ervick's epistolary memoir of her own failing marriage and her quest for a Czech typewriter, as well as a meditation on reading, writing, and happy endings. The two sections combine to create a book as defiant, enchanting, and complex as its namesake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eParker Ervick, Kelcey:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKelcey Parker Ervick \u003c\/b\u003ehas traveled to Prague regularly since 2003 and currently directs an overseas study program to Prague and Berlin, where students create collage journals inspired by artists such as Hannah Höch, Toyen (Marie Čermínová), and Jiří Kolář. She is the author of the story collection \u003ci\u003eFor Sale By Owner\u003c\/i\u003e (Kore Press) and of \u003ci\u003eLiliane's Balcony\u003c\/i\u003e (Rose Metal Press), a novella-in-flash set at Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater and winner of silver medal awards from the IPPY, Foreword, and Eric Hoffer Book Awards. A recipient of grants from the Indiana Arts Commission and the Sustainable Arts Foundation, she teaches creative writing and literary collage at Indiana University South Bend. Her blog features interviews with contemporary writers and the series, \"Letters to Dead Authors\".\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rose Metal Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51474877612306,"sku":"9781941628072","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9820695f-267b-46fd-bf2b-86a807e39ea4.jpg?v=1752581495","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bitter-life-of-bozena-nmcovza-a-biographical-collage-9781941628072","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}