The Jewish-Czech author Martin Vopěnka is one of the leading voices
in world literature, writing with ‘with a deft and compellingly
simple control of sentences that is reminiscent of both Kafka and
Kundera’ – Choice.
Martin Vopěnka was born in Prague in 1963. The son of the famous
mathematician Petr Vopěnka, Martin studied Mathematics and Physics
at the Czech Technical University in Prague, but was always intent
on being a writer. His first novel, Kameny z hor (Rocks from the
Mountains) recorded memories and emotions from a journey across the
Romanian Carpathians. The themes explored in his books go beyond
the local themes of much Czech literature. He views the
contemporary world with caution, and contributes polemic articles
to the national daily paper MF Dnes. In 2016 his Nová Planeta (New
Planet) won the country’s premier Golden Ribbon Award.
"Ably translated from the original Czech by Hana Sklenkova, The Fifth Dimension is a weighty and at times challenging read, its themes nothing less than life, death, the universe and love. It is absorbing, haunting and intellectually engaging throughout, with a gut-punch denouement." - James Lovegrove, The Financial Times
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