The Imperfectionists

Tom Rachman

Authentic world of journalism in the big world, where an ordinary eye only hardly can see.

The imperfectionists from the novel by Tom Rachman, although they are so amazingly different, and each one an original, have a lot in common. From the outset it is clear that this an international daily, which is published in English, based in Rome. We meet its editors, correspondents, owners, readers and other people related to the newspaper. Funny stories of each character would have succeeded as separate stories - the chapters are overlapping, and the novel comes into one big story. Mostly through dialogues, which give them immense energy and dynamism. Rachman in his debut succeeded to keep the reader guessing, and make him laugh or cry, naturally telling interesting stories of people similar to those we meet, to our friends and to ourselves.

Tom Rachman (1974)

​Tom Rachman is the author of two novels, The Rise & Fall of Great Powers (upcoming in 2014), and The Imperfectionists (2010), an international bestseller that has been translated into 25 languages Tom Rachman is the author of two novels, The Rise & Fall of Great Powers (upcoming in 2014), and The Imperfectionists (2010), an international bestseller that has been translated into 25 languages. Rachman, who was born in London in 1974 and raised ... More.

 

Adriana Komorníková (1966)

Translator and editor. She studied Natural Sciences at Comenius University in Bratislava. She worked for the media (eg. Radio Free Europe) and foundations (eg. SOCIA) and as an editor in book publishing Porta Libri. More.

Palo a Janka Bálik

Janka and Palo Balik were starting with us our publishing house as a graphic designers, devised and created for Artforum many covers and visuals of a books. Many of them were awarded in the competition The Most Beautiful Book of Slovakia. More.