Dvaadvacet fragmentů – Bellová Bianca (2025)

Short but crucial moments in life

An interpreter participates in a Czech orchestra's tour in Japan, which takes an unexpected turn. The wife of a wealthy businessman is planning a celebration for her husband in Calabria, but a misunderstanding with a taxi driver leads to unforeseen consequences. A teenager returns with her parents and aunt from a funeral in a Czech village, and on the way, they run out of gas — and then a mysterious nobleman appears. Someone, sometime, somewhere…

We meet the heroes of Bianca Bellová's stories at the moment something significant is happening to them, even though it's just a moment in their lives, a fragment of a story. We don't know how it began, and sometimes we don't even know how it will end. Nevertheless, the experienced author skillfully draws us into the events, and even in the short format of the story, she demonstrates her linguistic brilliance and stylistic refinement. Anyone who immerses themselves in her unmistakable world will be rewarded with a full range of emotions, humor, and sometimes even a horror atmosphere.