Description
Set in the 1980s, the 1990s and a strange timeless aftermath, this Czech-language collection contains five stories linked not by time, place or protagonists, but by people living on the margins. They have often driven themselves into a corner and struggle with cowardice and a fear of genuine closeness. Love and intimacy offer neither escape nor fulfilment, instead becoming sources of anxiety, power games and missed opportunities. The characters include a man looking back regretfully on his first love, a group of children fleeing a boarding school, people who have withdrawn from life into an open-air museum in the forest, and young people from a big city experimenting with life and drugs. Martin Uhlíř’s focused prose is playful and dark, yet always attentive to delicately rendered detail, convincingly conveying their longing for life and love.
Information
Author: Uhlíř Martin
Language: Czech
Publication date: April 9, 2026
Manufacturer: Respekt Media a.s.
Genres: Czech and slovak fiction, Books, Fiction
Type: Paperback book
Pages: 320
ISBN/EAN: 9788088518396