Zmizet

Families and siblings are at the centre of these three long, connected stories, along with children who go missing in a literal or a figurative sense. Two of the stories are narrated by children; in the third an adult woman tells the story, but her memories of childhood are what matter. Each of the main characters carries a family wound that pushes them away from the people closest to them and makes them search for who they are and where they belong. Nothing spectacular happens: the real drama takes place inside, in the slights, real and imagined, that everyone remembers from growing up.

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About the book

Form

Short stories

Length

340 pages in the original

Genres

Family, Coming of age (assigned by AI)

Set in

Czechia

First published

2009 by Host

Author's age

27 when first published

ISBN

9788072943173 (original)