Jan Němec: Why are we with each other, really...
– Czechia
Born in Brno in 1981, Jan Němec studied religion and sociology at Masaryk University. He is an editor at the Host publishing house and magazine in Brno. He has published a poetry collection titled První život (First Life, 2007), a short-story collection Hra pro čtyři ruce (A Game for Four Hands, 2009) and two novels: Dějiny světla (The History of Light, 2013) and Možnosti milostného románu (The Possibilities of a Romance Novel, 2019). In the annotation to his latest book, the author says: “This is a novel about love and writing in an age of digital sadness. It examines over five years of a romantic relationship plus another two years I’ve spent writing about it. There is a lot of passion, tears and a few revelations. It is a novel about why we are with each other, really, what do we love about ourselves and why we leave each other regardless.”