Balla creates a beautiful, thought-provoking, often funny portrait of human frailty. Consisting of fragments newspaper reports, TV news items, conversations, letters, voice messages and police reports related to a fragile middle-aged woman, Vargová, and her drug and alcohol dependent therapist, Dr Feleslegi. It is not clear that either of them have actually met but Vargová is fixated by Feleslegi as her therapist and sends him many messages detailing her life and thoughts covering loneliness, bullying by her father and husband and her delusion that she is still living in the former communist state of Czechoslovakia.
David Balla Books
BALLA's work captures raw reality and the darker aspects of human existence, often emphasizing psychological tension and existential angst. His style is characterized by an economical language that, however, powerfully evokes atmosphere and the inner worlds of his characters. Through his short stories and prose, he explores themes of alienation, the search for identity, and the complexities of human relationships in the modern world. His writing offers a penetrating glimpse into everyday life, imbued with deeper philosophical questions.


