"When I think about all my short stories as a whole, you could say that in my world there are neither good people nor bad people. In it, there are people trying to do good in a bad way, or good people finding the answer in something very bad (either for those around them, or for themselves). I think that in every evil act you can find that thin black thread that will eventually lead you to its motivation. Something that makes people do things that are not right. Sometimes it is pain, sometimes helplessness, sometimes the truth is too harsh and sometimes the inability to understand oneself and other people. In short, a black and white world does not exist.”
The first collection of short stories by the winner of five Czech Lions and one Magnesia Litera prize.