Jelita & jitrnice – Janečková Michaela (2024)

The new novel by the author of the successful book Cherries in Rum, which was awarded second place in the Miloslav Švandrlík Prize for the best humorous book of 2022 ***** Has your package been redirected to a pickup point in the fiery depths of hell? A craftsman carefully paired selected designer tiles with bright blue, and since then he has been denying it? Your mom (a teacher!) shares another article on Facebook about chemicals being sprayed from airplanes, which Czech Television, of course, remains silent about? Meanwhile, you are sipping ice coffee from a PLASTIC cup with a terribly ECOLOGICAL paper straw and feel like the absence of logic might even twist your toes? ***** Don't worry, you're not alone in this. Even former journalist Stáňa has recently felt that these bizarre situations seem to attract her, and one absurdity sticks to her after another. When she left television for a cultural non-profit after fifteen years, she thought at least there would be more peace. There wasn't. ***** You are holding a genre-ambiguous pamphlet smeared with Czech folklore, the belief that if it weren't for all those idiots around, life would be exceedingly wonderful. But what if you are also guest-starring in the team of sausages? Or even on track to be the captain?