A wildly comic story about the fate of a Czech family from the 1960s onwards. At turns humorous, ironic and sentimental, an engaging portrait of their attempts to flee from history (meaning the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia ) – or at least to ignore it as long as possible...

Light-hearted and sophisticated at once, this is a book that reminds us that comedy can tackle large historical subjects successfully.

Translated by: David Short
Foreword by: Veronika Pehe