Mona's eyes
E-book, Czech
Mona's eyes
Mona's Eyes: A Year of Art Before Losing Her Sight
Fifty-two weeks. That’s how much time ten-year-old Mona has to discover all the beauty in the world. Every Wednesday after school, her grandfather Henry takes her to a gallery, where they immerse themselves in a work of art. For almost a year, Mona and Henry visit the Musée d'Orsay, the Louvre, and the Centre Pompidou, dedicating one day a week to one of fifty-two selected masterpieces. Each time, they examine it closely, discuss it, and let it surprise, move, challenge, and inspire them. All this with the knowledge that Mona faces the risk of losing her sight completely within a year.
While exploring the works and ideas of Botticelli, Vermeer, Goya, Courbet, Kahlo, Basquiat, and many others, Mona discovers not only the power hidden in art but also the importance of generosity, doubt, melancholy, loss, and rebellion.
Mona's Eyes is a novel about the depth of human life, a fascinating guide to significant works of world art, and a moving story about the relationship between a little girl and her grandfather. The book by French art historian Thomas Schlesser has become an international phenomenon, published in 37 countries.
The Czech edition includes a fold-out poster-sized dust jacket with colour reproductions of all the artworks Mona and Henry discuss on their outings.
Translated by Šárka Belisová.
Schlesser Thomas
Thomas Schlesser is a French art historian, director of the Hartung-Bergman Foundation in Antibes, a professor of art history at the prestigious École Polytechnique in Paris, and the author of many essays and academic publications on the subject of art, artists, and the relationship between art and politics in the 20th century. He is the grandson of André Schlesser, known by the pseudonym Dadé, a singer and actor who founded the famous Parisian cabaret L'Écluse in 1951. Mona's Eyes (Les yeux de Mona, 2024) is his second novel and has so far been translated into 38 languages, including Braille. Almost immediately after its release, it became a phenomenon first in France and then worldwide as a universal story of initiation into art and life, as well as a masterful and accessible synthesis of five centuries of art history. In 2025, Thomas Schlesser won the "Author of the Year" award from the weekly magazine Livres Hebdo.
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