Dove House
E-book, Czech
Dove House
Once Upon a Time in a House in Pilsen. And Once Upon a Time There Was a Girl.
At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, Pilsen was experiencing a period of unprecedented expansion. The city was growing with new districts, factories were being built, and country folk flocked there for work. Czech–German patriotic frictions were soon joined by calls for better working conditions. With the outbreak of the First World War, Pilsen became an important armaments centre, and the dissatisfaction of its inhabitants culminated in hunger riots and strikes.
Amidst this turbulent world, Julie Šetnerová is growing up – in wealth, in a showpiece villa, with her hypochondriac, self-absorbed mother and distant father. Julie is intelligent but emotionally barren, without a shred of compassion for others. When she discovers who her real father is, she ruthlessly interferes in the lives of her step-siblings, determined to destroy everything they hold dear.
Wronged, Julie still longs for acceptance and vindication, until fate teaches her a harsh lesson. What high price will she have to pay for her mistakes? And can anything be fixed at all? ___ From the author of the successful book, 'Smíchov Stories'.
Marie Rejfová
She comes from Prague, grew up in Žatec, and studied at the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy in Pilsen. She now lives in Varnsdorf, where she works as a nursery school teacher. She has been writing fiction since she was young. After two fantasy novels for young adults, she focused on a series of humorous detective stories featuring the quirky teacher Josefína Divíšková, in which she made full use of her talent for observing and, with a good dose of humour, describing the relationships between ordinary people, while skilfully conveying the atmosphere of a contemporary small town. In addition, she is the author of a collection of brilliant arabesques, 'Smíchov Stories', which is an avowed tribute to Jan Neruda and Jakub Arbes, and 'The Dove House', a multi-generational novel set in Pilsen at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
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