Konec dobrý

Nine intimate stories span an arc from the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968, through the funeral of Václav Havel, to the Covid present, forming the historical backdrop to tales both grotesque and melancholy. Big history and the great themes of today are projected into the everyday lives of so-called ordinary people, lives that are often hard, toilsome and embarrassing, full of relationship troubles, money worries and missed chances. In one story a German writer, Joseph, arrives in Český Krumlov and his visit merges with the story of the painter Egon Schiele. Serious matters are told with lightness, humour and twist endings, and now and then a ray of something greater flashes through.

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About the book

Form

Short stories

Length

145 pages in the original

Set in

Czechia, 1968 to the present

First published

2021 by Druhé město

Author's age

57 when first published

ISBN

9788072278701 (original)