Pekarkova, Iva
PEKARKOVA, Iva
PEKARKOVA, Iva. Czech, b. 1963. Genres: Novels. Career: Writer; taxicab driver, NYC, 1990-. Worked as a social worker, teacher, waitress, and limousine chauffeur. Publications: Pera a perute (novel), 1989, trans by D. Powelstock as Truck Stop Rainbows, 1992; Kulaty svet, 1993, trans by Powelstock as The World Is Round, 1994. Address: c/o Farrar Straus & Giroux, 19 Union Square West, New York, NY 10003, U.S.A.
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