Description
This Czech-language audiobook presents a short novella by one of the most significant contemporary Slovak prose writers, Pavel Vilikovský (1941–2020). Its lightly ironic story follows an adolescent boy transferred as a punishment from a grammar school in Vienna to one in Bratislava. Vilikovský’s narrative brings to life long-vanished corners of Bratislava full of temptation and erotic challenges, including the notorious Vydrica district. Above all, it opens up the world of an adolescent reminiscent of Törless, the young inmate from Robert Musil’s famous novella, though he lives in a considerably harsher world than Vilikovský’s Andreas Pohl. In his novels, Vilikovský explored not only the tragic darkness of human character, ending in the snares of the communist secret police, and the sorrow of love fading through illness, but also ironic, light-hearted glimpses into sinful human souls, as in this novella. The recording is read by Peter Gábor.
Information
Author: Vilikovský Pavel
Language: Czech
Publication date: February 11, 2021
Manufacturer: Větrné mlýny s.r.o.
Genres: Audiobooks on cd, Books
Type: Audiobook (MP3 CD)
ISBN/EAN: 8593085038539