Rok v keramické dílně (2026)

Sojo is a small ceramics workshop in the Pamkaši neighbourhood, a unique place where people can heal their tired minds. After years of demanding work leave Čongmin burned out and close to breaking point, she suddenly resigns and shuts herself away in her newly rented flat for months. Then, in summer, she runs outside in search of a good café and accidentally enters a ceramics studio in a quiet Pamkaši alley. She is drawn to its warmth, the mingled scent of clay and coffee, its kind owner Čohi, and members whose lives are just as difficult as her own. The kiln, reaching temperatures hotter than the summer air outside, begins to thaw Čongmin’s frozen mind. As the seasons change beyond the windows, the workshop’s members share their troubles and create ceramic pieces from clay. Čongmin’s fevered mind gradually cools until it is neither icy nor burning, but comfortably warm. Her wounds heal, she learns to become a better person, and she even finds love. This uplifting novel by an emerging award-winning author is about finding new friends, taking up new hobbies, coming to terms with the past, and learning what it means to slow down in today’s hectic world. The contents are in Czech.