I lived too short a life

Audiobook I lived too shortly, by Monika Czernin, translated by Alena Opletalová. Read by Dagmar Čárová, directed by Helena Rytířová. THE FASCINATING LIFE OF COUNTESS NORA KINSKY Countess Nora Kinská, born in 1888, grew up in Bohemia and was brought up entirely in the spirit of the traditions of the c. k. of the high aristocracy. The family expected Nora to accept her proper place in society, but the young lady was developing according to her own ideas about her future life. In the midst of the First World War, Countess Nora Kinsky set off for Siberia to help prisoners of war as a Red Cross nurse. Stay, which was originally scheduled to last several months, has become a long experience of illness, hunger, of cold and terror and also a path to a new life... In this gripping biographical novel, Monika Czernin retraces the footsteps of her extraordinary great-aunt and lets the image of a young woman emerge before our eyes, bold and full of life. MONIKA CZERNIN Born in 1965 in Klagenfurt, southern Austria. She studied journalism, philosophy and pedagogy in Vienna and during her career worked for Austrian television ORF and Die Presse. Since 1996 she has lived at Starnberg Lake near Munich, where she also works as a freelance editor and filmmaker. In his books and film documentaries, he often focuses on Austrian history and culture.   DAGMAR ČÁROVÁ Dagmar Čárová, like her husband Petr Oliva, is known mainly for dubbing. Born in Litoměřice, she graduated from the Jan Neruda Gymnasium with a theatre tradition and then from the DAMU. She was then engaged at the E. F. Burian, since 1993 he has been a freelance filmmaker, almost exclusively devoted to dubbing. He also appears occasionally in theatre roles, guesting at the Radek Brzobohatý Theatre, the František Ringo Čech Provisional Theatre, the Alexey Pyšek Theatre Ensemble and others. When working in recording studios, he uses his knowledge of several foreign languages, he can speak German, Russian, English and, according to his own words, he can also handle Italian and Spanish. Star list, that he dubs most often in films, is respectable, Sandra Bullock, for example, Jodie Foster, Kim Basinger, Sigourney Weaver, Susan Sarandon, Emma Thompson and others.