Rudolf Sloboda's first novelÌýwrittenÌýand published after the Velvet Revolution. InÌýBloodÌý(1991), the author uses a backdrop of memories from the past yearsÌýto depict the events that had led to the protests of November 1989. The novel - just likeÌýSloboda's other books - is basicallyÌýbuilt upon his own life experiences. A boldÌýnarrative style is another characteristic of his prose. TheÌýmain motifs of the book rest on love, jealousy, eroticism, sexual relations as well as on loneliness and searching for the meaning of life.Ìý