What does it mean to be young in a world that is constantly changing? How do you find your own voice when expectations, fears, desires, and social upheavals are all vying loudly for attention? Contemporary Czech literature offers no easy answers to these questions. It tells stories of relationships and bodies, of violence and vulnerability, of faith, social norms, and the search for one’s place in the world. In doing so, it is direct and self-assured, sometimes radical, sometimes surprisingly funny—and always curious about what lies beneath the surface. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)