Dech motla – Mezigeneran romn (2026)

This multigenerational novel is set in Plze in 1928, where painter Magdalna Brouskov becomes a tenant in her own studio after selling the family estate. The studio now belongs to the charismatic lawyer imon Prorok, and their meeting soon develops into a deep love. The fragile artist, nicknamed Vetenuka, finally seems to have found the happiness she has always longed for. Their idyll in the luxurious villa on Klatovsk tda is soon darkened by sinister shadows, however. Magdalna faces attacks from an unknown stalker and mysterious health problems that threaten both her and the life of her unborn child. In the silence of the dovecote, an invisible web of pathological obsession is being spun, its roots reaching far deeper than anyone can imagine. Whom can Magdalna trust, and where is the boundary between love and hatred? Dech motla is a chilling story of fateful jealousy without limits and the fragility of the human soul. Will Magdalna finally find solid ground, or will she, like a trapped butterfly, beat herself against a windowpane in an ordinary longing for freedom? From the author of the bestseller Holub dm.