Možnosti milostného románu

At first sight this is the story of a great romance and of the ups and downs of a six-year relationship between two young people. The real drama lies elsewhere: in the narrator's stubborn, painful need to understand why it ended. Since a writer has only one tool, a love novel takes shape on the ruins of the love affair. Each experience and quarrel is lit from several sides and read through the grid of other texts, from the Divine Comedy to fleeting tabloid news, while reality resists and what matters keeps slipping through his fingers. The author turns himself into a character, crosses the limits of physical and intellectual intimacy, and sketches a wide picture of society and its values in unsettled times.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

416 pages in the original

Genres

Love, Autofiction (assigned by AI)

Set in

Czechia

First published

2019 by Host

Author's age

38 when first published

ISBN

9788075779205 (original)