The thesis has analytical - interpretative nature and focuses on paradigmatic dealing with body and bodiliness motive in the prose of Slovak author Leopold Lahola. The subject of analysis is Lahola's prose collection - Posledná vec (The Last Thing). The thesis also overlaps comparatively to broader Central European context. Texts of Arnošt Lustig (Czech Republic), Imre Kertész (Hungary) and Henryk Grynberg (Poland) are reflected. The subject of comparison is the motive of body and bodiliness, means of expression, narrative point of view, and the concept of fable and sujet. Key words: the category of body and bodiliness, narrative techniques, text composition