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Set in the near-distant future, Spaceman follows a Czech astronaut as he launches intospace to investigate a mysterious dust cloud covering Venus, a suicide mission sponsoredby a proud nation. Suddenly a world celebrity, Jakub´s marriage starts to fail as the weeksgo by, and his sanity comes into question. After his mission is derailed he must make aviolent decision that will force him to come to terms with his family´s dark political past.An extraordinary vision of the endless human capacity to persist-and risk everything-inthe name of love and home, by a startlingly talented young debut novelist.

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´How unlikely! Yet here we are...´

Set in the near-distant future, Spaceman follows a Czech astronaut as he launches into space to investigate a mysterious dust cloud covering Venus, a suicide mission sponsored by a proud nation. Suddenly a world celebrity, Jakub´s marriage starts to fail as the weeks go by, and his sanity comes into question. After his mission is derailed he must make a violent decision that will force him to come to terms with his family´s dark political past.

An extraordinary vision of the endless human capacity to persist-and risk everything-in the name of love and home, by a startlingly talented young debut novelist.

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A superb debut Sam Kitchener Literary Review

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Kalfar, Jaroslav
Jaroslav Kalfar was born and raised in Prague, Czech Republic, and immigrated to the United States at the age of fifteen, speaking little to no English at that time but learning it by watching Cartoon Network. He graduated from University of Central Florida, where he received Frances R. Lefkowitz Scholarship, the Outstanding Fiction Writer award, and the Founder´s Scholar Award for being the top graduate in the College of Arts and Humanities. He earned his M.F.A. at NYU, where he was a Goldwater Fellow and was one of the three nominees for the new NYU E.L. Doctorow Fellowship Award upon graduating. He is twenty-seven years old.

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