The edge of the sky
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The edge of the sky
A dark crime thriller from the Šluknov Hook
This dark crime thriller from the Šluknov Hook region captures human fates as torn as the landscape bisected by the state border. The novel, with its unsettling atmosphere, describes a crime investigation that reaches into the painful history of this territory during the Second World War and the current problems of a socially excluded locality.
Elen is trying to salvage what's left of her life. Her teenage daughter, Viky, is surviving only through pain. The former teacher, Vilma, has lost her loved ones and her dignity. They are all on the edge, and it would take very little for them to fall on the wrong side. When detective Elen is called to Varnsdorf to investigate the remains of a newborn, she saves another child shortly after. But in a region that never sleeps and reopens old wounds, it's not wise to seek the truth. Elen must first uncover her own scarred past before she can help others.
Evita Naušová
Born in 1971 in Varnsdorf. She studied dramaturgy and screenwriting at FAMU. In her literary debut, *Jizvy* (Scars), she returns to her roots in her hometown. She has been working as a screenwriter for over twenty years, contributing to television series and miniseries (*Ordinace v růžové zahradě*, *Profesor T.*, *Chlap*, *Extraktoři*). In 2009 and 2010, she was supported by grants from the RWE & Barrandov Studio Foundation. In 2014, she became the first Czech woman to receive the international Krzysztof Kieslowski Scripteast Award for her screenplay for the drama *Amerikánka*, which was successfully staged at the Jatka 78 theatre. In 2021, *Amerikánka. Na vzletové ranveji* was awarded a Czech Lion in the Best Television Film or Miniseries category. Naušová currently works as a lecturer at FAMU. The crime thriller *Okraj nebe* (The Edge of Heaven) is her first novel.
