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Blažková's unconventional heroine, insisting on “freedom ofchoice” in her sex life, represented a remarkable step forward inwhat used to be called the “emancipation” of fictional heroines. The revolt of young heroines against the conventions of theuptight early 1960s was the central theme of Blažková's books.
The thirty-year-old attractive architect Andrej is facing a choicebetween two women. He rejects boredom in the form of a reliablebut unattractive nurse Drahuša and decides to play with fire,represented by her colleague Vanda. In this relationship, he losesthe dominant position to which he is accustomed in relation to hispartners, as well as his unconventional views on the futility ofmarriage. The young couple spend their time sitting in cafés andwandering around old Petržalka on the banks of the Danube.Through spending time with Vanda, Andrej changes his freethinking attitudes and leans towards a more traditionalunderstanding of a relationship. However, the spontaneousVanda who enjoys life to the full and lives in the moment, beginsto feel her freedom slowly disappearing whenever she is withAndrej. His excessive infatuation, care and efforts to own her andsettle down arouse in her a desire for freedom, a loss ofexcitement and ultimate indifference.
