Happyendy

Thirteen letters, thirteen stops in prose, written between 2002 and 2005, when the author was caring for her seriously ill husband. Addressed to a friend, they record the small 'events' of the couple's life together, a trip with her husband to the barber, a sudden blossoming, observed with loving humour, spicy irony and warm imagery, and they turn inward even when they speak of people and stories in the outside world. Behind them, lightly suggested, lies the experience of a life lived in two distant countries and cultures. As the author, alias Džára, says, in old age a person needs optimism to survive it.

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About the book

Form

Short stories

Length

198 pages in the original

Genres

Love, Autofiction (assigned by AI)

First published

2005 by Aspekt

Author's age

72 when first published

ISBN

8085549565 (original)