Timrava, born Božena Slančíková (October 2, 1867 Polichno – November 27, 1951 Lučenec) − a prosaist, dramatist and a prominent representative of late realism. In her first short story, Who to Marry? (Za koho ísť?) (1893), already she polemicized with the sentimental depiction of love in contemporary writing. Taking an ironic step back, she thematized the search for a “good match” in marriage. Even in her later prosaic writings, the depiction of relationships with men led to the loss of illusions and disappointment for her female protagonists. As though in this way the author kept reassuring herself that her choice of...