Neradost – Novotný Karel (2017)

Depression does not choose; anyone can find themselves in it. But what if depression is not a consequence, but a cause? A cause for wandering within oneself. What would you find inside? And would you want to search? But whether you want to or not, no one actually asked. A marketer, consultant, father of two, friend, son, partner. Karel. It happened to him, just like thousands of others. And he had the option to succumb to it or not. He chose a different path. The path of reconciling with the fact that it is okay not to live by the rules dictated by a society where there is no place for anyone who is not constantly smiling and shouting to the world that they are doing great. He reconciled with the fact that he might be a burden to others as he is. He reconciled with the fact that the only thing he can change is paradoxically the past. He reconciled with the fact that it is okay to live with discontent. Karel carefully wrote it down. So he would never forget. In one book. A pink book. You won't smile while reading it, nor will you cry. It might make you think, perhaps stop, maybe understand. It’s up to you how you deal with Discontent. On the border of fiction, prose, and poetry, it mixes thoughts, dream images, and scenes from the author's life. With depression and death at his back, and the second half of life ahead. It has no purpose, it has no meaning; everyone will take away from it what...