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Jarka Kubsova's new novel will be published at the end of August and we can already reveal in advance that it is a very good and extraordinary novel! This time, Jarka Kubsova takes us to the Czech forest, where mythology and reality collide - and merge.

Jarka Kubsova

IN THE LIGHT OF THE NEW DAY

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About the book:

"Maybe the forest wasn't just a refuge. Perhaps it was a place where she could finally be free."

When Elli Hajek retreats to a remote house to write, she remembers a character that her Czech grandmother once told her about: Viktorka, the young woman who was declared insane after a serious event and from then on lived alone in the Bohemian Forest. When Elli learns that Viktorka really existed, she travels to the country from which she herself fled as a child. Elli wants to find out more - but deep in the forest, between glowing ferns and a raging river, another task awaits her: Before she learns the truth about Viktorka, Elli must face her own repressed history.

About the author:

Jarka Kubsova was born in the former Czechoslovakia and has lived in Germany since 1987. She has worked as a journalist, ghostwriter and co-author of several successful non-fiction books. Her debut novel BERGLAND was published in 2021, followed in 2023 by the novel MARSCHLANDE, which was nominated for the favorite book of independent bookstores and was staged at the theater. Jarka Kubsova lives in Hamburg.

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