Description
This Czech-language novel imagines what would happen if Zdeněk Borovec’s well-known song “Vánoce, Vánoce přicházejí” became a book. Its festive episodes combine bitter humour with sweet nostalgia, showing how Christmas, theoretically a season of peace and quiet, can also be a time when our closest relatives delight us one moment and drive us to distraction the next. The main narrator, Tereza, must cope with teenage children testing her patience as well as well-intentioned but sometimes maddening advice from her parents. The story takes readers through a typically Czech Christmas, from baking cookies and preparing carp with potato salad to watching a brand-new fairy tale and the iconic film Pelíšky on Christmas Eve. Alongside family escapades, it offers historical curiosities, interesting facts, old traditions and travel observations, including a Šumava journey following in the footsteps of Anděl Páně.
Information
Author: Damijo Alena
Language: Czech
Publication date: November 19, 2025
Manufacturer: EUROMEDIA GROUP, a.s.
Genres: Czech humor and satire, Books, Fiction, Humor and satire, Czech and slovak fiction
Type: Hardcover book
Pages: 160
ISBN/EAN: 9788024958668