The novel tells the tale of the emotions and feelings of émigrés, who return to the place they have left, of the confusion of their children and of the healing power of new friendship. In a cultural crossover of Brazil and the Czech Republic, Latin America and Europe, the question is addressed if it is in this modern time, when one can so easily travel from one country to another,swapping one country for another, still important to have a home and a person who is able to listen to you.

Yellow Eyes Will Lead You Home was shortlisted for the Magnesia Litera Award 2008

“What a debut! Written with vigour, wisdom of life and an uncommon sense for the unbearable lightness of speech and being.”

— Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

“Four women, one man, two continents, two generations, two cultures, two dictatorships – Markéta Pilátova has packed a lot into her debut novel. The fact that it works is thanks to the linguistic art of the author.”

— Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

“You have to look for a while in the contemporary Czech literature to find such a successful debut. It breathes the ironical scepticism of the great Milan Kundera.”

— Neue Zürcher Zeitung

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