Pacanka – Elšíková Klára (2024)

How to finally get rid of the good girl syndrome? ***** Pacanka wants to live freely. In accordance with her feelings and sexuality. She is thirty years old and finds her relationship and current life unfulfilling. She seeks a fulfilled life and freedom in the Netherlands, in Prague, in Zlín, in France, in Ukraine, and finally in Greece. She wants to experience adventures, meet ordinary and extraordinary people, and hopes that somewhere out there she will finally feel happy. And although each of her journeys is different, they have something in common. However, Pacanka discovers this slowly and gradually. Not in the bars and pubs she visits, nor in the beds of the men and women with whom she experiences better or worse sex. Her greatest discovery is her inner world. Gradually, she begins to see the common denominator of her behavior — destruction, through which she tries to destroy her learned patterns. The way out, however, is far from simple and straightforward. And who is Pacanka, really? ***** The novella, against the backdrop of an engaging story, becomes a critique of societal stereotypes and responds to current debates on respectful upbringing, sexual consent, and feminism.