Políbili se v dubnu

A father decides to sleep in an igloo for several days, a young man in love reading Gregory Corso's poems, a mysterious giant animal inviting him on a secret journey, or a grandfather living alone in the woods by the river—these are just some of the settings and situations in Miroslav Pech's short story collection Políbili se v dubnu (They Kissed in April). This collection of short stories follows on from the previous collection, Americans Eat Cacti, from 2017. The heroes of these new stories also enter a strange space of incompleteness, a kind of exceptional and often fantastic (or fantastical) moment that places completely unexpected demands on them. There is also a deeper message about the necessity of love and hope for a better world. A dangerous book that will make you want to abandon your current way of life after reading it!

MIROSLAV PECH (*1986) grew up in Nová Bystřice, had many jobs, mostly in blue-collar professions, and has been working on the railroad for the last few years. He is the author of the short story collections Napíšu Pavle (I'll Write to Pavel, 2013) and Ohromně vtipná videa (Incredibly Funny Videos, 2014) and the novel Cobainovi žáci (Cobain's Disciples, 2017). In the same year, he published the short story collection Američané jedí kaktusy (Americans Eat Cacti), followed by the prose works Otec u porodu (Father at Birth, 2018) and Hranice už nejsou, tati (The Borders Are Gone, Dad (2021). In 2022, he published his first poetry collection, Marabu, followed two years later by another collection entitled Ymiho lebka (Ymi's Skull). He is also the author of horror stories, including the book Dítě tmy (Child of Darkness, 2020). Miroslav Pech lives with his family in České Budějovice.