Tma - O hvězdách, strachu a pěti nocích na hoře – Sandberg Sigri (2020)

Darkness can calm, it is kind, soothing, and at the same time, it can reach the core of our innermost emotions. Why not accept it as an essential part of our lives? Norwegian journalist Sigri Sandberg embarked on a five-day stay in the polar night in the Norwegian mountains. In her book, she writes about why being in darkness is beneficial, why we should appreciate and experience darkness, even though we instinctively fear it, and she generally reflects on the significance of darkness in today's world illuminated by artificial light. Why does solitude in the polar night in the mountains evoke fear in us? Have we lost our instinctive respect for nature? How does light pollution threaten us without us realizing it? How does darkness inspire artists? What does being in darkness evoke in our bodies? Don't we all occasionally need solitude and darkness to avoid conformity? An interesting, original text straddling the line between fiction and non-fiction also utilizes excerpts from the diaries and letters of Christiane Ritter, a native of Karlovy Vary (1897–2000), who spent a year in Svalbard with her husband, an Arctic game hunter, before World War II.