Description
Magdalena has entered the final decade of her life. While her body betrays her more and more each day, her mind remains alert. She returns to her memories and opens the story of her youth, when the forced collectivisation of family farms and the totalitarian regime of the 1950s left a bitter mark on her family’s fate. As a young woman, Magdalena searched for a different, more colourful world, which she found in literature. Now she is learning to live in a retirement home. Lenka moves into her former flat. Thirty-seven and recently separated, she is beginning a new stage of her life. A letter addressed to the previous tenant gradually brings her into contact with Magdalena, and this correspondence turns both women’s lives upside down. This Czech-language debut novel is a sensitive exploration of two heroines whose different generational experiences surprisingly unite them more than they divide them. It is also a celebration of the power of literature, storytelling and writing.
Information
Author: Kratochvílová Veronika
Language: Czech
Publication date: April 30, 2026
Manufacturer: Nakladatelství Paseka s.r.o.
Genres: Czech and slovak fiction, Books, Fiction
Type: Paperback book
Pages: 288
ISBN/EAN: 9788076376007