Select Czech Republic: Petr Stančík "Pérák" - The superhero from Prague - November 10, 2021
28.10.2021
Reading and talk with the author
When: November 10, 2021, 6:30 pm
Where: Neustadt Library, Königsbrücker Straße 26, 01099 Dresden
Admission: free
Registration required at: neustadt@bibo-dresden.de
Book table: Büchers Best
Petr Stančík presents his exciting story from the Second World War together with Iris Milde: A man with steel springs on his shoes, who can jump unusually far and high, uses his abilities to sabotage the German war economy. A resistance fighter and an elusive ghost above the rooftops of Prague at night. He is also involved when Reinhard Heydrich, Hitler's man in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, is assassinated. The name of the mysterious hero is Franz Pérák - the jump man. In the novel, he falls in love with the beautiful resistance fighter Jitka, who fights with him against the occupying forces. At the same time, he tries to solve the mystery of his own identity. So who is Pérák, the superhero from Prague? The answer that Petr Stančík offers is beyond imagination.
The writer, poet and playwright Petr Stančík (1968) delights readers with a mixture of facts, mysticism, humor and unbridled imagination in his multifaceted work. Stančík received the Czech Republic's most prestigious literary prize, Magnesia Litera, for his novel The Mummy Mill (Mlýn na mumie), published in 2014. The bestseller has been translated into five languages to date. His sci-fi adventure for young readers H2O and the Secret Water Mission was awarded the Golden Ribbon for best children's literature.
A cooperation of: Euroregion Elbe/Labe, Dresden Municipal Libraries, Czech Literature Center (ČLC) and Czech Center Berlin.
Under the patronage of the Consul General of the Czech Republic in Dresden, JUDr. Markéta Meissnerová.
With the kind support of the publishing house edition Clandestin. (Photo: pérák_the_superhero_from_prague_©edition_clandestin_review_copy_low_resolution)