Popelnicový román

In this sprawling postmodern novel the writer Hever, partly modelled on the author, moves through a satirical caricature of Czech society under communism, in the years right after November 1989 and in the present. A loosely sketched 'networked crypto-story' follows how the old world of dissidents, longhaired rebels, communist youth functionaries and secret police men is imprinted onto the brave new world after 1989. The characters are not psychological portraits but puppets in a game meant to show what is senseless, embarrassing, ridiculous and also horrifying. Built from countless quotations, allusions, parodies and pastiches, repetitions and endless chatter, it works like a talking blues or a stream of consciousness.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

503 pages in the original

Genres

Satire, Politics (assigned by AI)

Set in

Czechia

First published

2020 by Galén

Author's age

74 when first published

ISBN

9788074924729 (original)