Marek Technik
Marek Technik was born in Olomouc in 1982. In 1999, he realized that literature is the most complex means of representing the human experience. He is an ENTP personality, enjoys reading catalogues and creating lists, loves animals, and is a vegetarian. He has been a film and literature critic since 2010. The Warning (2022), his prose debut, was longlisted for the Czechia’s highest literary honour. He lives in Prague.
LONGTLISTED AMONG 6 BOOKS FOR THE GREATEST LITERARY PRIZE IN CZECHIA (2023)
Melancholy
November 2025, 304 pages
Existential solitude can be both healing and dangerously isolating
Sisi once had a promising career as a model and a relationship with a successful photographer, but when her body betrayed her, everything began to unravel. Now alone in a rented apartment, surrounded by an indifferent world and tormented by memories of her mother, who mysteriously vanished, Sisi searches for herself – wandering along the Vltava River and attending a theater premiere where she can momentarily become someone else.
At the same time, a stranger watches her from afar. Locked inside his own mind amid dark memories, he struggles to find meaning in life. His journey brings him to the same place as Sisi, and perhaps their paths will cross.
The novel asks: Is it worth living by the rules of the world around us, or should we follow our own inner voice – when ultimately, we’re all headed toward the same end?
