{"id":333137,"date":"2026-06-23T08:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T06:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/?p=333137"},"modified":"2026-06-18T14:49:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:49:20","slug":"laura-nowlin-rozhovor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/magazin-luxor\/laura-nowlin-rozhovor\/","title":{"rendered":"O l\u00e1sce, ztr\u00e1t\u00e1ch a Kafkovi: Rozhovor s\u00a0Laurou Nowlin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Americk\u00e1 spisovatelka Laura Nowlin nav\u0161t\u00edvila koncem dubna Prahu, do kter\u00e9 se n\u00e1ramn\u011b t\u011b\u0161ila, a to nejen kv\u016fli sv\u00e9mu obl\u00edben\u00e9mu Kafkovi. Setkali jsme se v kav\u00e1rn\u011b Louvre a \u00fasp\u011b\u0161n\u00e1 autorka mela na sob\u011b tri\u010dko s anglick\u00fdm n\u00e1pisem: \u201eD\u00e1vej si pozor, nebo skon\u010d\u00ed\u0161 v m\u00e9 knize.\u201c P\u0159i rozhovoru si pochutn\u00e1vala na tiramisu, kter\u00e9 si pr\u00fd nikdy nedok\u00e1\u017ee odep\u0159\u00edt.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tohle je va\u0161e poprv\u00e9 v Praze. Jak se v\u00e1m tu l\u00edb\u00ed?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Zbo\u017e\u0148uji to tady. V\u0161em \u0159\u00edk\u00e1m, \u017ee tohle m\u011bsto je kr\u00e1sn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed ne\u017e Pa\u0159\u00ed\u017e. Je t\u011b\u017ek\u00e9 to popsat, ale v\u0161echny budovy vypadaj\u00ed tak sta\u0159e. Kamkoliv se pod\u00edv\u00e1m, prob\u011bhne mi hlavou my\u0161lenka: \u201eTohle nevypad\u00e1 jako doma.\u201c Tak\u00e9 m\u00e1m r\u00e1da h\u0159bitovy, v\u010dera jsem byla na Vy\u0161ehrad\u011b. Je opravdu p\u011bkn\u00fd, nikdy jsem nebyla na tak star\u00e9m h\u0159bitov\u011b \u2013 nebo v tak star\u00e9m kostele.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jste velkou fanynkou Franze Kafky. Jak jste ho objevila?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Nejsem si \u00fapln\u011b jist\u00e1. Na vysok\u00e9 \u0161kole jsem \u010detla n\u011bkter\u00e9 jeho pov\u00eddky, ale teprve kdy\u017e jsem si p\u0159e\u010detla Z\u00e1mek, stala jsem se jeho velkou fanynkou. Ten rom\u00e1n mi p\u0159ipom\u00edn\u00e1 moje no\u010dn\u00ed m\u016fry nebo \u00fazkostn\u00e9 sny \u2013 v\u017edycky se v nich sna\u017e\u00edm n\u011b\u010deho dos\u00e1hnout, je to p\u0159\u00edmo p\u0159ede mnou, ale nem\u016f\u017eu se k tomu dostat. Kdy\u017e jsem tu knihu \u010detla, pomyslela jsem si: \u201eBo\u017ee m\u016fj, on mi rozum\u00ed.\u201c Je to n\u011bco jako telepatie \u2013 jeho my\u0161lenky a pocity z t\u00e9 d\u00e1vn\u00e9 doby se p\u0159enesly do m\u00e9 hlavy a j\u00e1 je poznala. V jist\u00e9m smyslu to nastavilo la\u0165ku pro to, o co se sama sna\u017e\u00edm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Byl v\u00e1m inspirac\u00ed, pro\u010d jste se stala spisovatelkou?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Za\u010dala jsem ps\u00e1t u\u017e ve \u010dtvrt\u00e9 t\u0159\u00edd\u011b, tak\u017ee sp\u00ed\u0161 ne. Ale kdy\u017e jsem se o jeho \u017eivote dozv\u011bd\u011bla v\u00edc, jeho nad\u0161en\u00ed a odhodl\u00e1n\u00ed m\u011b velmi inspirovaly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u010cetla jste i jin\u00e9 \u010desk\u00e9 autory?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Je\u0161t\u011b ne, ale sly\u0161ela jsem, \u017ee bych si m\u011bla p\u0159e\u010d\u00edst Babi\u010dku. V\u010dera jsem vid\u011bla hrob jej\u00ed autorky Bo\u017eeny N\u011bmcov\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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M\u00e1te rad\u011bji smutn\u00e9, nebo \u0161\u0165astn\u00e9 konce?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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D\u00e1v\u00e1m p\u0159ednost takov\u00e9mu z\u00e1v\u011bru, kter\u00fd se k p\u0159\u00edb\u011bhu hod\u00ed. N\u011bkdy se smutn\u00fd konec nezd\u00e1 b\u00fdt vhodn\u00fd, jindy zase ano. Z\u00e1le\u017e\u00ed na struktu\u0159e, o\u010dek\u00e1v\u00e1n\u00edch a symbolice, kterou autor nastavil. Z\u00e1v\u011br by m\u011bl podtrhnout to, co se autor sna\u017e\u00ed sd\u011blit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ve sv\u00fdch knih\u00e1ch se \u010dasto zab\u00fdv\u00e1te t\u00e9matem l\u00e1sky mezi mlad\u00fdmi lidmi. Jak vn\u00edm\u00e1te v\u00fdzvy, kter\u00fdm cel\u00ed dne\u0161n\u00ed generace, pokud jde o vztahy?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Kdy\u017e jsem byla teenager, soci\u00e1ln\u00ed s\u00edt\u011b je\u0161t\u011b neexistovaly. Ani postavy v m\u00fdch knih\u00e1ch je nijak zvl\u00e1\u0161\u0165 nevyu\u017e\u00edvaj\u00ed. To je rozhodn\u011b n\u011bco nov\u00e9ho, \u010d\u00edm jsem se v knih\u00e1ch zat\u00edm nezab\u00fdvala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mysl\u00edm si v\u0161ak, \u017ee lid\u00e9 jsou v podstat\u011b st\u00e1le stejn\u00ed bez ohledu na dobu. Zp\u016fsoby komunikace se m\u011bn\u00ed, ale pocity a motivace z\u016fst\u00e1vaj\u00ed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Jako teenager se neust\u00e1le sna\u017e\u00edte p\u0159ij\u00edt na to, kdo jste, co od \u017eivota o\u010dek\u00e1v\u00e1te a co o\u010dek\u00e1v\u00e1te od sv\u00e9ho partnera.
To platilo v\u017edycky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Co je podle v\u00e1s na dosp\u00edv\u00e1n\u00ed nejt\u011b\u017e\u0161\u00ed?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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T\u011b\u017eko se to vyjad\u0159uje\u2026 Teenage\u0159i na sebe vyv\u00edjej\u00ed obrovsk\u00fd tlak. Panuje p\u0159edstava, \u017ee mus\u00edte hned te\u010f u\u010dinit velk\u00e1, osudov\u00e1 rozhodnut\u00ed. Ale v\u00e1\u0161 \u017eivot se m\u016f\u017ee ve dvaceti nebo t\u0159iceti letech \u00fapln\u011b zm\u011bnit. Jako teenager m\u00e1te pocit, \u017ee se v\u0161echno zhrout\u00ed, pokud v\u011bci nep\u016fjdou podle pl\u00e1nu. Proste nem\u00e1te p\u0159edstavu o tom, jak rychle se \u017eivot m\u016f\u017ee zm\u011bnit. P\u0159ed deseti lety jsem vydala rom\u00e1n, ale nebyla jsem slavn\u00e1. Te\u010f jedu turn\u00e9 po Evrop\u011b a setk\u00e1v\u00e1m se se \u010dten\u00e1\u0159i. P\u0159itom kdy\u017e jsem byla teenagerka, psala jsem sv\u016fj prvn\u00ed rom\u00e1n \u2013 byl opakovan\u011b odm\u00edt\u00e1n a zd\u00e1lo se, \u017ee se to nikdy nezm\u011bn\u00ed. No a te\u010f jsem tady.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Je n\u011bco, co v\u00e1m z obdob\u00ed dosp\u00edv\u00e1n\u00ed chyb\u00ed?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Hlavn\u011b ta energie. A tak\u00e9 mi tehdy Amerika p\u0159ipadala jako m\u00edsto, kde bylo v\u00edc nad\u011bje. Chyb\u00ed mi v\u00edra, \u017ee se v\u011bci zlep\u0161\u00ed. Ted si t\u00edm u\u017e nejsem tak jist\u00e1 \u2013 ale kdo v\u00ed, t\u0159eba a\u017e mi bude osmdes\u00e1t, ohl\u00e9dnu se zp\u011bt a \u0159eknu si, \u017ee jsem se pletla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ve va\u0161ich p\u0159\u00edb\u011bz\u00edch se \u010dasto objevuje motiv \u201eco by, kdyby\u201c. P\u0159em\u00fd\u0161l\u00edte n\u011bkdy o tom, jak by se v\u011bci ve va\u0161em vlastn\u00edm \u017eivote mohly vyvinout jinak?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Ano, p\u0159em\u00fd\u0161l\u00edm, ale kdybych n\u011bco zm\u011bnila, mo\u017en\u00e1 by m\u011b to vedlo jinou cestou, ne\u017e jak\u00e1 m\u011b p\u0159ivedla sem. A okam\u017eik, ve kter\u00e9m se te\u010f nach\u00e1z\u00edm, bych nevym\u011bnila ani za nic. Pro\u0161la bych t\u011bmi t\u011b\u017ekostmi znovu, abych se dostala pr\u00e1v\u011b sem\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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T\u00e9mata l\u00e1sky a ztr\u00e1ty jdou ve va\u0161ich knih\u00e1ch \u010dasto ruku v ruce. Vn\u00edm\u00e1te tyto dva motivy jako neodd\u011bliteln\u00e9?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Ano. Nic netrv\u00e1 v\u011b\u010dn\u011b. Nem\u016f\u017eete n\u011bkoho milovat, ani\u017e byste v\u011bd\u011bli, \u017ee jednoho dne odejde. To k \u017eivotu prost\u011b pat\u0159\u00ed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ne\u017e jste napsala svou prvn\u00ed knihu, pracovala jste v knihovn\u011b. Pomohlo v\u00e1m to p\u0159i psan\u00ed?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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\u017d\u00e1dnou zvl\u00e1\u0161tn\u00ed v\u00fdhodu mi to nep\u0159ineslo, ale d\u00edky tomu jsem se dostala ke knih\u00e1m, po kter\u00fdch bych jinak nes\u00e1hla. A \u010dten\u00ed je pro spisovatele tou nejlep\u0161\u00ed \u0161kolou. V knihovn\u00e1ch se nav\u00edc potk\u00e1v\u00e1te s nejr\u016fzn\u011bj\u0161\u00edmi lidmi, je to skv\u011bl\u00fd zdroj inspirace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Um\u00edte si p\u0159edstavit, \u017ee byste napsala knihu v jin\u00e9m \u017e\u00e1nru?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Rozhodn\u011b. Moment\u00e1ln\u011b pracuji na detektivce, ve kter\u00e9 dojde na cestov\u00e1n\u00ed \u010dasem, a tak\u00e9 na feministick\u00e9 hororov\u00e9 novele. A mo\u017en\u00e1 nap\u00ed\u0161u i ducha\u0159sk\u00fd p\u0159\u00edb\u011bh, Praha m\u011b v tomto sm\u011bru velmi inspiruje.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kdyby se podle va\u0161\u00ed knihy nato\u010dil film, co by pro v\u00e1s bylo nejd\u016fle\u017eit\u011bj\u0161\u00ed?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Aby byl zachov\u00e1n konec. Jeho zm\u011bna by zni\u010dila cel\u00fd smysl p\u0159\u00edb\u011bhu.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Kdyby z\u016fstal se mnou (1. d\u00edl)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Autumn a Finny b\u00fdvali nerozlu\u010dn\u00ed. Jen\u017ee pak se n\u011bco zm\u011bnilo \u2013 mo\u017en\u00e1 oni sami. Dosp\u011bli do bodu, kdy se v\u00edcem\u00e9n\u011b sna\u017e\u00ed jeden druh\u00e9ho ignorovat. Autumn m\u00e1 svou \u00fazkou skupinku kamar\u00e1d\u016f a p\u0159\u00edtele Jamieho. Finny se stal ve \u0161kole obl\u00edbencem, kter\u00e9ho cht\u011bj\u00ed m\u00edt v\u0161ichni kolem sebe. To v\u0161ak nic nem\u011bn\u00ed na pocitu, kter\u00fd se v Autumn probud\u00ed poka\u017ed\u00e9, kdy\u017e se s Finnem potkaj\u00ed. St\u00e1le \u010dast\u011bji se j\u00ed do mysli vt\u00edr\u00e1 my\u0161lenka, \u017ee mohlo b\u00fdt v\u0161echno jinak. Mo\u017en\u00e1 m\u011bli b\u00fdt s Finnym spolu. Pak se ale stane n\u011bco, co v\u0161echno nav\u017edy zm\u011bn\u00ed, a Autumn zaplav\u00ed pochybnosti, jestli by se jej\u00ed \u017eivot vyv\u00edjel jinak, kdyby se jejich cesty nerozd\u011blily. Doporu\u010den\u00fd v\u011bk 15+<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finn miluje Autumn odjak\u017eiva. Nen\u00ed to jen holka odvedle a dcera m\u00e1miny nejlep\u0161\u00ed kamar\u00e1dky \u2013 ona pro n\u011bj znamen\u00e1 v\u0161echno. Ale nechod\u00ed s n\u00ed. Chod\u00ed se Sylvi\u00ed a t\u00e9 by Finn nikdy neubl\u00ed\u017eil, tak\u017ee se Autumn o jeho skute\u010dn\u00fdch citech nikdy nedozv\u00ed. Finn\u016fv nejlep\u0161\u00ed kamar\u00e1d Jack si nen\u00ed jist\u00fd, \u017ee Autumn o Finnov\u00fdch citech nev\u00ed. Vid\u00ed, jak se k sob\u011b Finn a Autumn chovaj\u00ed. Jak by to mohla nev\u011bd\u011bt? A jak m\u00e1 b\u00fdt Jack pro Finna podporou a ochr\u00e1nit ho p\u0159ed zlomen\u00fdm srdcem? Autumn se obklopuje knihami a cht\u011bla by si sv\u016fj vlastn\u00ed osud napsat sama \u2013 jen\u017ee osud b\u00fdv\u00e1 k zamilovan\u00fdm krut\u00fd a ne v\u017edycky se do\u010dk\u00e1me nov\u00e9 kapitoly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Americk\u00e1 spisovatelka Laura Nowlin nav\u0161t\u00edvila koncem dubna Prahu, do kter\u00e9 se n\u00e1ramn\u011b t\u011b\u0161ila, a to nejen kv\u016fli sv\u00e9mu obl\u00edben\u00e9mu Kafkovi. Setkali jsme se v kav\u00e1rn\u011b Louvre a \u00fasp\u011b\u0161n\u00e1 autorka mela […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":333141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"twitterCardType":"","cardImageID":0,"cardImage":"","cardTitle":"","cardDesc":"","cardImageAlt":"","cardPlayer":"","cardPlayerWidth":0,"cardPlayerHeight":0,"cardPlayerStream":"","cardPlayerCodec":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21655,8],"tags":[21802,18344,18372],"class_list":["post-333137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-magazin-luxor","category-rozhovor","tag-magazin-luxor","tag-rozhovor","tag-young-adult"],"acf":{"related_products":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333137"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333150,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333137\/revisions\/333150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}