Olej do ohně

A collection of eight stories and a longer novella, all set in an unnamed port among ships and harbour towns the author clearly knows from the inside. Each piece pushes its characters into a corner where a problem has to be settled at knife-point, which gives the book its title. The situations range from the extreme to the unbearably ordinary, and out of them a hidden conflict of conscience slowly comes to the surface. Partners and marriages, the question of who one really is, and Christian faith are among the uncomfortable subjects the stories take on.

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About the book

Form

Short stories

Length

246 pages in the original

First published

2007 by Paseka

Author's age

53 when first published

ISBN

9788071857457 (original)