Zuzana Le Lievre

Tezka letni oddychovka. Hlavne pro rezisera a scenaristu tohoto filmu, kteri se rozhodli dat dohromady ctyri 'zname' herecky a vyprodukovat neco, cemu se budou uchichtavat damy stredniho veku, lepe jeste se sklenkou vina v ruce, ve state, kde alkohol je prijemnym zpestrenim kazdodenniho zivota a neni potreba ho brat vazne. Ctyri ucitelky zijici v Mikulove v tech nejluxusnejsich obydlich, ridici exkluzivni auta atd, atd (film potrebuje sponzory) se pod vlivem alkoholu stanou lepsimi ucitelkami. Nevim, cemu verit mene - zda mlade mamince deti 0,1,2 roky, ktera zvlada vse tim zpusobem, ze o deti se temer vylucne stara jeji 17ti lety partner (bitcoinovy milionar), nebo lehkosti s jakou devcata zapiji smrt jedne ze svych kamaradek (te nejstarsi a nejmene atraktivni samozrejme).Cesky film opet nezklamal ve sve (pod)prumernosti.

I love this book. I must have read it as a child because when I came across it as a 50-year-old, I somehow remembered it was a well-written book. Its threadbare state also speaks volumes. I'm reading it in Czech, mind, as that's the version available to me and I must say that the translator, Jaroslav Podrouzek did a marvelous job. I'm mesmerised by the use of 1946 Czech, clearly different from the temporary one. Surely a recommendation of this particular version (1946 Czech translation) is in order.