Dech motýla - Mezigenerační román (2026)

This multigenerational novel is set in Plzeň in 1928, where painter Magdaléna Brousková becomes a tenant in her own studio after selling the family estate. The studio now belongs to the charismatic lawyer Šimon Prorok, and their meeting soon develops into a deep love. The fragile artist, nicknamed Vřetenuška, finally seems to have found the happiness she has always longed for. Their idyll in the luxurious villa on Klatovská třída is soon darkened by sinister shadows, however. Magdaléna faces attacks from an unknown stalker and mysterious health problems that threaten both her and the life of her unborn child. In the silence of the dovecote, an invisible web of pathological obsession is being spun, its roots reaching far deeper than anyone can imagine. Whom can Magdaléna trust, and where is the boundary between love and hatred? Dech motýla is a chilling story of fateful jealousy without limits and the fragility of the human soul. Will Magdaléna finally find solid ground, or will she, like a trapped butterfly, beat herself against a windowpane in an ordinary longing for freedom? From the author of the bestseller Holubí dům.