"This whole book is a novel in the form of variations. The sections follow each other like individual sections of a journey that leads inside a theme, inside an idea, inside a single situation, the understanding of which is lost to me. It is a novel about Tamina, and the moment Tamina leaves the scene, it is a novel for Tamina. She is the main character and the main listener, and all the other stories are variations of her story, converging in her life like a mirror. It's a novel about laughter and oblivion, oblivion and Prague, Prague and angels. After all, it is no coincidence that the young man at the wheel has the angelic name of Rafael."
Czech edition