Keď sa pes smeje

What does Tomáš, a young secondary-school student, have to deal with in a single year? His parents' serious problems, conflicts and failed communication with his father and mother, school, first loves and disappointments. A rebel and a shy teenager with an above-average IQ from an educated family, he tells the story of three generations: his great-grandparents and grandparents, some of Moravian origin, uncles and aunts, quarrels over an inheritance, and the tension between his parents that ends with his father suddenly leaving for a much younger student, while his mother plans a similar revenge. His sense of humour helps, and when that fails there is Žofia, a little eight-kilo dachshund-like foundling, sister and psychologist at once, who gets her own chapters.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

221 pages in the original

Genres

Family, Coming of age (assigned by AI)

First published

2008 by Juga / Edition Ryba

Author's age

44 when first published

ISBN

9788089030392 (original)