One of the things I find most refreshing about Iva Pekárková’s writing
is that it is so untypical. Her books have taken us to New York, Nigeria,
and now London and Senegal, breaking the stereotype of Czech literature as
inward-looking and local. You may remember Iva talking in a past edition of
this programme about her autobiographical novel “Dej mi ty prachy”,
published in English as “Gimme the Money”, inspired by her experiences
as a New York cab driver. After New York, Iva spent several years back in
Prague and she also travelled widely in Africa,