Úlice

What are we willing to sacrifice in order to survive? And after that sacrifice, will we still be human?

Úlice is a town out of place, in terms of both space and time. Some maps of the Czech-German borderlands fail to show it. Its inhabitants have been keeping bees since time immemorial, and their lives are filled with sweetness. But then a concentration camp is built in the city...

Anežka, Běla and Helena grew up in Úlice and have known each other since they were children. Each has had her own unexciting plans, which are changed dramatically by the presence of the camp and German soldiers. Their characters change along with their plans. Jakuba Katalpa has written a no-holds-barred, multi-layered novel that is more than just another work of historical fiction set in the Second World War. It explores issues of freedom, moral responsibility and personal boundaries in an uncompromising way.