"Notes in the Flow of Time" is a deeply personal and philosophical novel in which the everyday life of a teacher develops into a reflection on the essence of humanity, education, and the clash of the individual with the system. Stanislav Rakus reveals the hero's inner conflict in an innovative manner and transforms the everyday into a literary discovery.
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The novel "Notes in the Flow of Time" has an autobiographical basis. The story centers on a night school teacher and his daily pedagogical work, full of curious situations and paradoxes. The conflict between good and evil is transformed into a conflict between the individual and the system (school and social) in which the individual is forced to exist. Stanislav Rakus uses compositional and plot techniques that are new to Slovak literature, which makes his work innovative.
