Book Cover for a Great Czech Novel by Lucie Faulerová

Dust Collectors

Lucie Faulerová

Lucie Faulerová, born in Pardubice in 1989, is a Czech writer, playwright and editor. Her debut novel „Dust Collectors“ was a much-discussed event on the Czech literary scene and is the author's first work to be translated into German. Literary critics have compared her writing to that of star poet Melissa Broder and feminist theorist and visual artist Audrey Wollen, creator of „Sad Girl Theory“.

28-year-old Anna lives alone in an apartment full of knickknacks that collect dust. Only her work at the call center or meetings with her sister Dana intermittently break her stream of sardonic soliloquies. Haunted by a demonic world of thoughts that keeps her dying in different ways, Anna struggles against her traumatic past, which is gradually revealed. But nothing is certain in this book: memory and fantasy, past and present, truth and lies blur, and a narrator keeps speaking out, constantly contradicting Anna's version of events. A dizzying novel full of anger and wit, psychological abysses and sharp-tongued frenzy. With her unconventional, virtuoso language and great narrative skill, Lucie Faulerová succeeds in staging a diseased psyche that won't let you go. STYLE: artistically high quality / avantgardistic / high literature / meaningful

Strong, unconventional women between 16 and 46 years. Women who have the courage to be different, to be angry or to be sad sometimes. Readers who are interested in mental illness. Cynical readers with acerbic humor.

Hardcover

OPTIONS: simple & very modern (but not "clean"), casual, garish would be possible (one collegue also thought about using a pantone neon color) - but a muted design would also be possible (50:50 ... we do not know jet), rather female, POP, abstract, avantgardistic

AVOID: Kitsch, lamoryance, bold melancholy, girlie-ish design (unless it's clearly ironic)

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