Family sagas and stories of place show how human lives and history intertwine. Tereza Boučková, Petr Borkovec and Jan Novák place generational change in the context of historical events. They observe that personal and collective memory, often of a place, are key in shaping identity and an image of the past. Viewed in these terms, literature functions as a means of preserving and reinterpreting the past.

Tereza Boučková, Jan Novák, Petr Borkovec. Moderation: Maximilien Mengeringhaus