Ignorance
Synopsis
The story of two Czechs return to their homeland after 20 years in exile. Irena, who fled the country in 1968 with her now-deceased husband Martin, returns to Prague only to find coldness and indifference on the part of her former friends. Josef, who emigrated after the Russian invasion, is back in Prague to fulfill a wish of his beloved late wife. Arriving at the airport, the two meet by chance, strangers who shared a single evening years ago in Prague. Irena remembers their initial meeting with detailed intensity and has always regretted its abrupt, chaste conclusion. Josef doesn't even recognize Irena, but does not admit the truth. Will they manage to pick up the thread of their strange love story, interrupted almost as soon as it began and then lost in the tides of history? The truth is that after such a long absence "their memories no longer match." we always believe that our memories coincide with those of the person we loved, that we experienced the same thing. But this is just an illusion...
- Copyright:
- 2003 London : Faber & Faber
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- ISBN-13:
- 9780571215515
- Publisher:
- London : Faber & Faber
- Date of Addition:
- 2019-07-08T18:28:37Z
- Language:
- English
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- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.