Czech Books "The Sound of the Sundial" - Hana Andronikova talks about her award-winning novel
Welcome to Czech books and today we're going to be meeting Hana Andronikova, a young Czech writer whose name has recently been buzzing around Czech literary circles. Two years ago her debut novel, "Zvuk slunecnich hodin" (The Sound of the Sundial) was published to huge critical acclaim. It tells the story of the Keppler family from Zlin - Hana's own hometown that was built from nothing in the 1920s around the famous Bata shoe factory. The story is panoramic, moving in time and place from Zlin to India, Colorado and Auschwitz - a twentieth century family epic. The Sound of the Sundial has won Hana Andronikova several prestigious literary awards, and was recently followed up by her collection of short stories, "Srdce na udici" (Heart on a Hook). A few days ago Hana came into the Radio Prague studio to talk to Pavla Jonssonova about "The Sound of the Sundial". Pavla began by asking her whether the book's sudden success had changed her life.
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