Národní třída

Nicknamed Vandam, a brawler and outsider who paints roofs on a vast housing estate tells the story of his lifelong battles with the city, the recent past and the demons of his family. Formed by the communist years, caught off guard by the revolution and bewildered by the present, he finds that only fights and small victories let him forget, for a while, a sense of total defeat. Written in colloquial, slangy language and inspired by real events, the story is set on an estate where people and buildings hold out against nature and decline.

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About the book

Form

Novella

Length

148 pages in the original

Set in

Czechia

First published

2013 by Labyrint

Author's age

41 when first published

ISBN

9788087260555 (original)

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