Choose Wonder
Wonder begins when we look again.
Write to look beyond the stories we think we know. Behind saints, legends and familiar images, search for human beings — their bodies and desires, their doubts, choices and fragile attempts to find their own way.
History is not a world that has disappeared – but a living layer of the present. Through stories listen to what has been forgotten, imagine what could not be recorded.
Look again.
Stories return depth to what has become flat..
Echoes
Tajemství / The Secret
Critical Reception
“Finally, a female perspective on history?”
“What can one really learn about the soul of the youngest princess from the decrees and charters of her father or brother? Is it not appropriate to project dreams and desires into the gaps between the facts?”
Klára Kubíčková
“A masterfully narrated work of prose…”
“The novel transcends the boundaries of historical fiction, addressing questions that remain deeply relevant today — the sources of vital energy and spiritual growth.”
Marek Lollok
Readers' Reviews
“She simply viewed it all differently than everyone else. Above all, she strove to see things through the eyes of a woman of that time. Once you accept that such a thing is possible, the whole story begins to make sense—and it stays with you forever.”
“Breathtaking from the very first page! Exquisite language! A truly interesting, fresh, and unforgettable read... Don't miss out on this book; it is beautiful in so many ways.”
About
Tereza writes stories that look beyond what we think we know.
Tereza writes stories that look beyond what we think we know.
Her novels move between history, myth and the present, returning to figures and places we think we know and searching for the human lives beneath their familiar images.
Her literary work includes the award-winning Tajemství (The Secret), A Thousand Years of Solitude, and the completed manuscript Heresy, the second novel in her four-part Agnes Cycle. In 2022, Tajemství received the Magnesia Litera Award for Debut of the Year.
Tereza studied dramaturgy and directing at DAMU in Prague. Her work has always moved between literature and theatre. She has worked as a dramaturg and director and written for stage and radio.
Alongside her writing, she has spent more than two decades creating and leading cultural and artistic projects. From 2012 to 2017, she was the director of Sladovna Písek, developing it into a space dedicated to art, play and creative learning for children and families. She later founded UUUL — the Unique Universal Art Laboratory, where this work continues in new forms.
She lives and writes between Prague and the Šumava mountains.
TD.2@email.cz