Přítelkyně z domu smutku - CDmp3

Content: read by Jana Štěpánková, directed by Markéta Jahodová. Radio recording from 1992. Published by Jazzmusic in collaboration with Radioservis a. s. 2012. Description: This book was created spontaneously. So spontaneously that I only thought about its meaning ex post. Most books, whether novels or short stories, develop gradually, growing from an idea and an overall vision through the situations of individual characters; often the author doesn't even know where the characters will lead them. This book is not fictional; the characters in it are given, as are the environment and time, as well as the situations. And also the meaning. It was created as a good way to cope with deep trauma. I found that in searching for the precise words to express the suffering I experienced, the trauma gradually materializes, separates itself from me, and moves into the past. It's almost as if I were merely writing the story and not experiencing it. The trauma was triggered by an unusual environment and unexpected experiences. The story takes place at the end of the world, in a world of absolute violence, and after writing the book, I realized that perhaps no other environment offers such a great authorial opportunity. Nowhere else would I meet people so different, yet so open at the same time. My main authorial and human experience was that it is precisely the unmasked violence and humiliating...