Nebe plné draků – Havlíček Stanislav (2024)

The new book by Stanislav Havlíček recounts his authentic experiences as a pharmacist on a mission with Doctors Without Borders, this time from war-torn Gaza. "The Sky Full of Dragons caught up with me in sunny Taormina, Sicily, and there could hardly be a greater difference in environment, safety, and theme than in The Sky Full of Dragons. I woke up in a clean bed and after breakfast, I just read and read. By the end of the day, I felt a tangible gratitude. That I could go outside, buy dinner, and listen to a street singer along with passing tourists. To feel safe. This is an immensely important book; the combination of historical facts and numbers is bulletproof, unlike the human souls and bodies in the Gaza Strip, so distant from us. I wish it could be a 'cure for war.' Yes, I acknowledge, it is naive. But what to do when diplomacy is at a disadvantage and ruthlessness and cruelty prevail? What should I appeal for, and especially where? Yes, the first casualty of war is the truth!" Zdeňka Žádníková-Volencová "No book has the power to stop time. However, reading this one might momentarily stop your heart. When it starts beating again, the world will be a little different. Because you will be different. Nothing is black and white. Not even the lives of those living in a never-ending war. They did not choose it and cannot walk away from it. But they are people like us,...