Examining the way people manipulate and exploit each other, this novel tells of Sonya,a hotel maid who clings to a fairy-tale dream that someday a prince will come and save her. Since Sonya is young and beautiful, there are many princes who share her...
A black comedy on the human condition, this book presents Vladimír Páral’s darkly comic vision of life in an apartment building that is owned by a chemical factory. The downtrodden residents struggle and scheme to move into better apartments usin...