Description
A collage of poems and letters to family. This slim book is a literary collage published for the one hundred and twentieth anniversary of Jiří Wolker's birth. Readers will find a selection from the poet's correspondence with his parents, not only from the time of his severe illness, illuminated by excerpts from his poems. The voice of a gifted young man, enchanted by life, who died at the age of twenty-four, resonates surprisingly vividly and urgently even today. He has much to say about our dulled skepticism and also about the proud nonchalance with which we approach all the amazing possibilities offered by today's modern medicine and its treatment methods and procedures. It wasn't long ago that things were completely and utterly different...
Information
Author: Ryšavá Štěpánka
Publication date: September 17, 2020
Manufacturer: ProCestu s.r.o.
Genres: Poetry and verse, Books, Fiction
Type: Books - paperback
Pages: 312
ISBN/EAN: 9788088126713