Invisible roots
Blood is not water. A novel chronicle about a family in the whirlwind of Czechoslovak history.
November 1989. Pavel, a university student, relives the events of the revolutionary days, which are marked by a family tragedy: his father, a member of the StB, commits suicide. Moreover, Pavel learns that he is adopted, and so he begins to search for his roots. Not long after the Second World War, Tomáš and Anežka, employees of the Bata company, try to flee their homeland through the guarded borders. What do fates decades apart have in common and how will they be affected by the tumultuous history?
We were Czechs, Germans and Jews at the same time. And fate punished us for each of those nationalities.
Hynek Čapka
Hynek Čapka graduated from the University of Economics in Prague and a few years later began working as a freelance translator, which he has been ever since. He lives in Zlín and is interested in history, especially the Bata era of his town. He enjoys reading fiction, and one of the novels by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami inspired him to write his first novel Double Echo (2018). Kniha Zlín Publishing House has published his second novel, Invisible Roots.
Specifications
Audio
Author
Details
| Code: | AK1F102 |