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Can love for God be stronger than human love?
Jana is convinced that nothing can break her faith. Especially now that freedom has arrived and she can finally live in a convent. She joins the sisters full of hope, determination, but also illusions. These begin to slowly crumble with the daily routine of monastic life. Jana must once again weigh her unfulfilled relationship with Viktor, but above all, she must answer the questions that the mysterious Karin brings into her life.
The novel allows the reader a glimpse into the mysterious world of a convent, and this image defies the usual ideas about life within it. And although it may at times seem unflattering, it judges no one. Last but not least, Návrat is a fascinating love story. Because human love is like a wild, many-faced animal, persistently seeking a companion…
What they wrote about the book:
Petra Dvořáková's books are distinguished by their sensitive portrayal of the human psyche, relationships, and internal conflicts. The author works brilliantly with language and is able to authentically depict emotions and everyday life situations. Her stories captivate with their depth, empathy, humour, and the ability to open up important, often taboo, topics.
- Martin Stöhr, editor
Although I lived in a convent for several years, this is not my own story, nor the story of any specific sister. What is authentic, however, is the experience and depiction of daily life in a convent, where women of various ages, characters, and mindsets meet. A person never uncovers the reality of such a life during brief encounters with nuns, but only glimpses it when staying among them for a longer period.
- Petra Dvořáková, author
Petra Dvořáková
(born 1977) studied philosophy at Masaryk University in Brno. She entered the literary scene with the book of interviews Proměněné sny (Transformed Dreams), for which she received the Magnesia Litera award. Her other titles also gained attention — Já jsem hlad (I Am Hunger) and Sítě — příběhy (ne)sebevědomí (Nets — Stories of (non)Self-confidence). Her children's book Julie mezi slovy (Julie Between Words) was awarded the Golden Ribbon and the Teachers' Prize in the SUK survey. For young readers, she also wrote the books Flouk a Líla (Flouk and Líla) and Každý má svou lajnu (Everyone Has Their Line). Her novel Dědina (The Village) became one of the best-selling and most acclaimed titles in Czech prose, and its audiobook version won the overall Audiobook of the Year 2019 award. She confirmed her status as a bestselling author with the novel Chirurg (The Surgeon) and the novella Vrány (Crows), for which she received the Book of the Year 2020 award in the literary prose category. She also published the book Zahrada (The Garden) (2022) and the novel Pláňata (Wildings) (2023), which were also bestsellers. In 2024, her book-length interview with Professor Jan Starý, Věřil jsem, že to musí jít lepší cestou (I Believed There Must Be a Better Way), was published. To date, over 150,000 copies of the author's books have been sold. They have been translated into several languages and have also become bestsellers in Poland.
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