Zahrada - CDmp3 (Čte Ondřej Novák)

It was supposed to be his paradise garden, but it has become a purgatory... Thirty-five-year-old Jaroslav returns home after leaving his flock as a burned-out spiritual shepherd. However, the old house with the neglected garden he inherited after his grandmother's death no longer resembles a home. A lonely man unaccustomed to contact with the normal world will still find the desired refuge here; through physical labor, he gradually sheds excess weight and dark thoughts, and after getting to know his friendly neighbors, he slowly begins to emerge from the heavy shell of his solitude. One day, however, thanks to them, he will understand what lies behind his lifelong feeling of alienation and why his hope for a happy life is at best negligible. Will there be someone who won't be scared away by Jaroslav's terrifying secret? Who will accept him as he is? And can he even live with it himself? The successful domestic prose writer opens one of the darkest themes that contemporary Czech literature has to offer with her book. *** recording length: 5 hours 13 minutes ***