Prvá smrť v rodine

In these stories a young woman faces difficult situations in love and in her family, above all her complicated relationship with her father. A girl sent to spend the summer with her father in Senec; siblings who must agree on selling their parents' house and admit they have never come to terms with their father's death; a mistress afraid of her ageing lover's future; a family that lives in silence after a funeral; a young carer for old people in Marseille. Recurring motifs are the body and its changes, even the denial of one's own body, mental illness, death, and sexual and social phobias. Many stories end with an unexpected twist.

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About the book

Form

Short stories

Length

164 pages in the original

Genres

Family (assigned by AI)

Set in

Slovakia

First published

2009 by Marenčin PT

Author's age

27 when first published

ISBN

9788081140075 (original)