American Gypsy
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: March 19, 2019, 19:00 – 21:00
Official launch of the Czech translation of the book American Gypsy attended by its author Oksana Marafioti.
The book American Gypsy (issued in Czech as Žij tam, kde jsou písně. Jak ruská Romka dobyla Ameriku/Live Where There Are Songs: How a Russian Romani Conquered America) is narrated by an heiress to two ancient cultures; Armenian on her mother’s side and Romani on her father’s side. A childhood spent touring the USSR in the 1980s with her grandfather’s Romani theatre was very much out of step with the conventions of real socialism. However, neither did the author fit in as the daughter of immigrants to the US trying to establish themselves in the field of traditional clairvoyance and love magic. Author Oksana Marafiot will personally introduce her tragicomic book, which is about seeking and accepting one’s own identity and overcoming longstanding stereotypes and also offers insights into two persecuted and relatively closed nations.
Karolína Ryvolová will moderate the event, which is being held in cooperation with the US Embassy in Prague.
Interpretation provided.
