About the Book & Film

The Land of the Vine Leaf – this poetically tuned frame is not only an idiomatic glorification of land and dwellers under the magic mountain Pálava, but also a parable about co-existence of men and land everywhere on the world. It was shot in the course of one year: during blooming spring, lucid summer, melacholic autumn and freezy winter. Especially changing of the seasons, which brings charming colours, creates its main line of narrative. It is possible to devide it into three imaginary sentences. Right at the introductory sentence the stress is laid on the most essential thing on the Earth – the creation of life. The last one is, conversely, the reminder of the routine of time, nature and customs of mankind. The scenic and carefully ploughed vineyards play the considerable role in both of them. And last but not least – delicate maiden beauty, glamorous recesses of the river Dyje, wine cellars and their individual owners. The middle section is in its spirit the most documentary thanks to the recording of suggestive atmosphere of the regional festivities and feasts in Podluží. This document about remarkable wandering through one of the most glamorous parts of the Czech Republic is emphasized by beautiful music by the French composer and performer Damien Riba. The commentary is executed by Todd Hammond. (Length: 40 min.).

This is a nicely made and, as you say, a poetic film.

R. E. Thompson, BBC, London

About the Autor

Jan Kostrhun

(3th July 1942, Podivín, Czech Republic)

Czech writer. Work: Černé ovce (1974), Houpací kůň (1974), Pytláci (1977), Vinobraní (1978), Co by to bylo, kdyby to byla láska (1982), Svatba století (1984), Beseda se čtenáři (1987), Podivínské novely (1987), Svatba ve vypůjčených šatech (1989), Druhý pramen duhy (1989), Beseda se spisovatelem (1990), Strakatá kajda (1991), Balada o panence (1993), Krajina révového listu (1996), Pohádky o smíření (1997), Nevěsty z Moravy (2004).

Jan Kostrhun

The Land of the Vine Leaf

Jan Kostrhun

The Land of the Vine Leaf

Deluxe Edition of title in the Apps Carpe Diem Online.

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First Publisher by Carpe diem

© Jan Kostrhun, 2015

Photography © Michal Huvar, 2015

© Carpe diem, 2015

www.carpe.cz

Made in Moravia, Czech Republic

SBN 978-80-7487-126-9 (epub)

The Land of the Vine Leaf

PROLOGUE

On the third day of creation god said:

Let the waters under the heaven

be gathered together unto one place,

and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

And God called the dry land Earth;

and the gathering together of the waters called He Seas.

The Land of the Vine Leaf.

And God saw that it was good.

The Earth brought forth greenery.

Flowers, of all possible colours

and shapes and most diverse scents,

bloomed on the succulently fresh green land.

Grasses, bushes and trees were all in flower,

and the whole new born world

gave out a divinely sweet smell.

Amidst of this miraculous wonder of Creation,

the Almighty caressed with delight

the one place on the beautiful blossoming Earth

that He enjoyed most,

because it resembled

Him and His conception of Creation

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