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At the very start of this funny, moving perestroika ‘road movie’, twenty-year-old Rosa makes it clear that her chosen destiny is to “find an Ostravan and tell him that she loves him”. But she has no idea how hard this task will prove to be … This novella about a short holiday trip is more than just a story about a quartet of protagonists: it is an original reflection on a time that appears as stagnant as the surface of a Czech pond.