ABOUT
THE BOOK

Under the Communist regime Protestant Pastor Daniel Vedra was banished from Prague and lived under constant suspicion. Returning to Prague after the Velvet Revolution, he cares for his wife and children and his two congregations. In public a sought-after media commentator, in private he is a man wrestling with unspoken doubts. As he develops a relationship with a beautiful stranger, he rediscovers his long-buried need for intimacy and risks betraying his family, his vocation, and his future. Ivan Klíma was born in Prague in 1931 and was editor of the journal of the Czech Writers’ union during the Prague Spring. He has written many plays, stories, and novels and lives in Prague.