Wasp time
A novel about the power of the past and the power of flowers
Bara and Birdman. Two people whose paths crossed long before they met. Bára is convinced that her life would have been much happier if someone had not intervened years ago and changed its direction. He may not bring back the past, but he can try to rewrite it in people's memories. And he's also thinking about revenge. But for now he is waiting, settling in his new home and planting flowers.
Unlike her, the birdman has learned to live with the past. He doesn't feel wronged, he doesn't mind that people think he's a freak, nor does loneliness bother him. All he needs to live is freedom, the forest and birdwatching. Or is it?
Alena Mornštajnová's new novel has everything that makes her books so popular: a deep story and believable characters who, despite adversity, step by step tread the path to a happier life.
Time of the Wasp is a book about solitude - about why we sometimes choose it, even when we don't actually desire it. It's not a story that will sweep you away with action. It's a book that slows you down, hugs you and makes you think. And maybe they'll eventually convince you that being with someone - despite the risks - is better than being alone.
They wrote about the book:
Time has its magic in contrasts. The style is gentle, the language caressing, the narrative almost tender - yet it speaks of things that hurt. The tender beginning subtly turns into a deeply moving drama. Mornstein trusts the reader. It doesn't rely on sensation, but on the power of the story. He believes that we will be interested in why people close in on themselves - and whether this can be changed.
- www.forum24.cz
Alena Mornštajnová
Alena Mornštajnová (born. 1963) studied English and Czech at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ostrava. She used to work as an English language teacher and translator, but now she makes her living as a writer. She debuted in 2013 with the novel Blind Map, followed two years later by Hotylek. Thanks to her award-winning 2017 novel Hana, she has become one of the most popular contemporary Czech writers. Her fourth novel, Silent Years (2019), won the Book of the Year reader's poll. In the spring of 2021, she published the dystopian novel Listopád, for which she received the Czech Book Award 2022. Two years later, she published the psychological novel Les v domě, which was named the Czech Bestseller of 2023 in the Readers' Choice category. She is also the author of several books for children: Scarecrow Stráša (2018), Kapka Aja (2022), Teribear. The Mystery of the Blue Box (2022), Christmas on Sleeping Beauty Street and Blue Planet (both 2024). Alena Mornštajnová's books have so far been published in more than twenty languages.
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