Melog – Morgan Mihangel (2024)

The novel Melog is both a mysterious thriller and a kind yet cruel satire on the price of knowledge in society, and above all, it is a prose brimming with linguistic and situational humor. Melog is a novel about friendship and love, but also about their opposites, about hatred and resentment. The Czech translation of this Kymersian novel is only the second of its kind in the entire history of Czech translation – an endeavor that provides the Czech reading public with a unique opportunity to become acquainted with the works of Mihangel Morgan, one of the leading writers in Great Britain. If readers have not yet heard of Mr. Morgan, they will surely recall Diana, Princess of Wales, whose husband Charles was learning that old language – also known as Welsh – but reportedly never spoke it well. Perhaps Charles and Diana can also be encountered in the book... Dr. Jones lives a settled life dedicated to study and reading. However, one morning, the aging scholar's life is turned upside down. During a Saturday walk in his hometown in southern Kymerska, he meets Melog, an immigrant from the distant, unknown land of Laxaria, which suffers under the yoke of cruel occupation, under truly dramatic circumstances. Dr. Jones takes the strange young man under his wing. And strange is not only Melog's appearance, but also his...