The body of a wealthy middle-aged businessman is found in his luxury villa in Prague. Initially nothing suggests foul play but the man’s widow insists it couldn’t possibly be suicide.
Roman noir set in the contemporary world.
The book won the author the Swiss Spycher Literaturpreis Leuk.
In 2014, two people meet in Prague. Ema and Tony. Ema is on the run from her unhappy marriage, Tony is a popular hairdresser. They both desire to be liked by men...
A literary work of art for the feature film by Slobodanka Radun.
A documentary novel about Petr Lébl, theatre director, stage designer, actor, and former art director of the Divadlo Na Zábradlí theatre.
Magnesia Litera Prize in the category of non-fiction.
16-year-old Gita Lauschmannová, who grew up in a German-speaking, assimilated Jewish family in a Czech village, returns from a Nazi concentration camp at the end of the war.
The book won Magnesia Litera Prize, Usedom Literary Prize and Georg Dehio Prize.
Theatre director Petr Buch returns to Prague after decades in German exile to stage a new play by Birgit Stadtherrová, anxious to find out how she discovered his darkest secret.
A comprehensive novel inspired by author’s stays in China.
Magnesia Litera Prize – Book of the Year 2019
Literary Prize of Styria 2022 (Austria)
Kobold is a double novel – two stories in one, water and fire, two elements in one. It is left to the reader to decide which part to read first, and the link between the stories and characters is revealed only gradually.