Fytopaleontologie

This thrilling and entertaining intertwining of stories spanning three generations, with a mythological and mystical backdrop and the dystopian atmosphere of Bratislava as an overpopulated megapolis, is the crowning achievement to date of Petr Šulej (1967), poet, prose writer, great connoisseur of rock music, and also a tireless organizer of literary life, publisher, and editor of the cultural revue Vlna. The novel features the protagonists Miro, Petr, and Daniela, who at the end of the book bring to a close not only the prose text itself, but also the entire series of a loose trilogy. In this experimentally written text, the author reflects on the direction of Slovak society, and on a broader scale, the entire planet, on migration, climate change, the advent of new technologies, genetic manipulation, and other challenges that humanity will have to face.

Peter Šulej (1967) is the founder, editor, and owner of the publishing house Drewo a srd, and editor-in-chief of the magazine on contemporary culture and art VLNA. He was the executive director of the Ars Poetika festival, and since 2016 he has been co-organizing the international literary festival Novotvar. He has actively participated in several important literary conferences: International PEN Conference, Bled, Slovenia (2000), Literature Across Frontiers, Prague (2001). He has given numerous author readings throughout Europe, America, and Asia. He writes both poetry and prose. Excerpts from his work have been published in magazines in England, Germany, France, Spain, Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic. He is one of the leading representatives of experimental poetry in Slovakia. He lives in Bratislava.