Tichošlap – Lauerová Sylva (2012)

Sylva Lauerová's books have many enthusiastic supporters. They are known to overwhelm readers with the energy hidden in the story, whether they like it or not. Perhaps that's why it's worth noting that this novel will not spare you once again. It is gloomy, mysterious, and full of the quiet paradoxes of our lives. Six days, a parallel world beneath the Prague metro, five life stories connected by only one thing – the quiet, swaying steps of a man without a past. Three fateful encounters, easily overlooked in the rush of everyday life. If there were a genre of chamber thriller in Czech literature, then Tichošlap could become an honorable representative of this literary category. Sylva Lauerová offers her readers something entirely new again. A delicate, chilling, and human novel. The main storyline is carefully hidden behind everyday images of ordinary human lives – the immature, unhappy, and self-searching Aneta, the in-love and ambitious entrepreneur Pavel, the dominant, successful, and emotionally hardened gallery owner Sonja, and two old women. Lives connected by only one thing – the presence of the quiet, swaying steps of a man without a past. A man who does not speak. A man who settles down to sleep in the dark room of an old apartment building and endless...