Ty čuně! - Kapesní sbírka nehorázných prasáren – Kopáč Radim (2025)

A Walk on the Dark Side of Czech Literature and Culture from the Middle Ages to Today

There is never enough literary filth. Some date back to the Middle Ages, others emerged during the national revival or the interwar avant-garde, while others are being created right now. Some are cheerful, others sad, one author exercises melancholy, another absurd comedy. Some creators we know well, while we have never heard of others. But they all have one thing in common: filth belongs to literature and culture just as the soul belongs to the body. In every age, at any time. This book entertains and provokes, irritates and challenges. And it also wants to be a bit educational, scholarly: once you start reading it, you should pay attention to read it properly – that's what the classic said, after all. So at the end of each chapter, where original excerpts mix with current commentary, there are a few questions for the curious. All of this is then animated and enlivened by dozens of illustrations from the top-notch Czech illustrator Jaromír Plachý.