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Zeptej se táty
Author: Jan Balabán
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A father's death leaves questions he can no longer answer. In Zeptej se táty, Jan Balabán's final novel, siblings Hans, Emil and Kateřina and their mother Marta confront loss and doubts about their family's past.
The death of doctor Jan Nedoma affects a family whose members also face difficulties in their own lives. His adult children and widow piece together their memories of a father and husband. Each brings different experiences, uncertainties and questions to the task.
Allegations concerning his activities under the communist regime unsettle that picture. How can they judge someone close to them when his own explanation is no longer possible? Grief becomes entwined with moral uncertainty and reflection on the survivors' values.
Balabán builds the story through conversations, inner speech and silence. Memories of the dead draw attention to those who remain and to life continuing after loss. This psychological and existential family novel invites attentive reading about relationships across generations and questions that resist easy judgment.
Czech-language e-book from Host. Length: 184 pages. Formats: EPUB and PDF.
A father's death leaves questions he can no longer answer. In Zeptej se táty, Jan Balabán's final novel, siblings Hans, Emil and Kateřina and their mother Marta confront loss and doubts about their family's past.
Book information
- Author
- Jan Balabán
- Publisher
- Host
- Formát
- E-book
- Language
- Czech
- Genre
- Psychologický román, Spoločenský román
- ISBN
- 978-80-729-4379-1
- Publication date
- 1. January 2010
- Pages
- 184
- E-book formats
- EPUB (ISBN 978-80-729-4438-5) · PDF (ISBN 978-80-729-4437-8)
What is Zeptej se táty about?
The death of doctor Jan Nedoma affects a family whose members also face difficulties in their own lives. His adult children and widow piece together their memories of a father and husband. Each brings different experiences, uncertainties and questions to the task.
Allegations concerning his activities under the communist regime unsettle that picture. How can they judge someone close to them when his own explanation is no longer possible? Grief becomes entwined with moral uncertainty and reflection on the survivors' values.
Balabán builds the story through conversations, inner speech and silence. Memories of the dead draw attention to those who remain and to life continuing after loss. This psychological and existential family novel invites attentive reading about relationships across generations and questions that resist easy judgment.
Themes and motifs
Life after loss
The family seeks a way forward after the death of a father and husband.
Family memory
Different recollections shape the survivors' image of the deceased.
Morality and the past
Allegations relating to the communist era raise questions of personal responsibility.
Unanswered questions
The need to understand remains after asking the father becomes impossible.
Setting
A family and social world in which present grief intersects with memories of the communist era.
Main characters
Hans
One of three adult siblings coming to terms with their father's death.
Emil
Jan Nedoma's son, a translator and occasional writer.
Kateřina
Hans and Emil's sister, who also revisits the family's past.
Marta
The siblings' mother and the widow of Jan Nedoma.
Who is this book for?
For readers of psychological and existential fiction about family memory, grief and moral dilemmas.
Book context
Jan Balabán's final novel was published in 2010 and won the main Magnesia Litera award, Book of the Year, in 2011.
Awards
Magnesia Litera
Otázky o knihe
What is Zeptej se táty about?
The family of the late doctor Jan Nedoma struggles with loss, memories and doubts about his life.
Which award did the novel win?
The 2011 Magnesia Litera Book of the Year award.
What kind of narrative does it offer?
Psychological and existential fiction shaped by conversations, inner speech, silence and family memories.
What are this edition's details?
This Czech-language e-book from Host has 184 pages and comes in EPUB and PDF formats.
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