Znik msteka Oliny – CDmp3 (te Mark Kristin Hochman a Krytof Barto)

This Czech-language audiobook presents psychological horror by Jaroslav Havlek, a master of Czech psychological fiction whose work is also associated with the novels The Invisible and Oil Lamps. Influenced by spiritualism and clairvoyance, Havlek portrays the predetermined fates of his characters, revealing their deep pain and emotions beneath a tragicomic exaggeration. The title novella, The Demise of the Town of Oliny, follows the final days of a small town whose inhabitants learn from a guardian angel that God has died and that terrible things now threaten them. Evil forces begin to attack, life and death become intertwined, the dead rise from their graves and dark powers take control. Bizarre events accumulate until the final battle between angels and devils. The ballad-like atmosphere and the predetermined dark fate of the characters are characteristic of Havlek’s stories. Mark Kristin Hochman and Krytof Barto perform the reading with a particular sensitivity to this kind of horror literature. The recording includes The Demise of the Town of Oliny, The Black Lady, The Wind, Mr Balabn’s Watch, Faust’s Death, Holy Night, The Dog, Cupid of Death, Everything for the Child, The Trap, Coming from Hell and The Emerald Surf.