Panenka Tomas Venclova His story is contrasted with

His story is contrasted with Kenneth's

Rhian Edwards is a poet and singer-songwriter

No – to be awake is to be alive

Odwar and his friends are hoping for a bit of a breather

he won the Icelandic Literary Award in 2007

Panenka Tomas Venclova His story is contrasted withHis name was Joseph, but for years they had called him Panenka, a name that was his sadness and his story. Panenka has spent 25 years living with the disastrous mistakes of his past, which have made him an exile in his home town and cost him his dearest relationships. Now aged 50, Panenka begins to rebuild an improvised family life with his estranged daughter and her seven year old son. But at night, Panenka suffers crippling headaches that he calls