Liška v dámu

Two stories run side by side in the 1950s, when a regime led by 'the Master' crushes lives and stifles freedom. At the Pavlov Institute, scientists give a fox cub reason and turn it into a human being, a stunning woman named Sylva, trained for sabotage of every kind and sent to the West to kill Winston Churchill. In Brno, Pavel, an intelligent young worker with a gift for languages, is prepared by the secret police for a mission against Radio Free Europe. Neither Sylva nor her handlers have reckoned with love. The novel joins David Garnett's 'Lady into Fox' and Vercors's 'Sylva' into one tale of freedom, human and vulpine.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

199 pages in the original

Genres

Speculative, Politics, Love (assigned by AI)

Set in

Czechia, Russia, 1950s

First published

2018 by Druhé město

Author's age

78 when first published

ISBN

9788072274130 (original)