Kristián Dlouhý
Kristián Dlouhý was born at the tail end of the millennial generation. His lifelong companions are literature, animals – dogs in particular – and fragments of philosophical thought. He always dreamed of making a living through writing and eventually succeeded, though unfortunately not by writing books. Depending on his mood, he gets through difficult times with either self-pity or self-deprecating humor. He is terrified of rats, bottomless chasms, and his own vulnerability. Besides reading, writing, dogs, and philosophers, he loves the mountains. He is particularly fond of Mount Koppel and hopes to visit Transylvania one day.
“Drawing inspiration from Kunderaesque themes, Dlouhý explores how minor coincidences can determine the course of human lives, offering readers a mosaic of guilt, memory, and the limits of human reason.”
– Aktuálně.cz
Summer of Lost Souls
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Three lives poised between reality and illusion, where the past may never truly end
A former teacher is drowning in despair and alcohol, haunted by the bleakness of his past. Then a chance encounter with a mysterious woman draws him completely under her spell. Can he discover where she came from and who, or what, she really is?
Kiri, a young woman from India, begins seeing things she could not possibly be seeing. As the boundary between reality and illusion begins to blur, she finds herself questioning whether it was ever real in the first place. Can she still trust her own mind?
Meanwhile, Tadeáš’s parents are suddenly confronted with the unthinkable, a situation they could never have anticipated, let alone prepared for. Three lives, three ways of seeing a world that may not be what it seems. And what if someone walking among us has been here before…?
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