Pernambuco

…the liar lived many lives

A castaway on the Atlantic shore, a hero of a story drifting through life, afraid of his own invisibility. Udejchanej stands on a pier, a paper flower in his buttonhole and a lantern in his hand. On the stern of one of the ships reads the inscription Pernambuco. Is it her name, the destination of the voyage, or just a wordplay of a lonely boy who keeps his house hidden in his own pocket? And what if it's all just a lie?

Lukáš Adam on a dangerously dissolute voyage through the night river of verses by the greatest contemporary Czech poet.