Lettere a Olga

I once spent a night in the secret police cells on Bartolomějská Street in Prague. Rooms were sparse to say the least. There was a small, high window, a metal bed, and a door which I locked. It was, by then, a travellers' hostel. Vaclav Havel "stayed" once in cell P6. But for decency's sake, it didn Leggi tutto

Vēstules, ko Havels rakstīja savai dzīvesbiedrenei no cietuma, bija gan viņa pašterapija, gan pašuzmundrinājums, gan vienīgā saskare ar ārpasauli. Kas mani pārsteidza visvairāk? Viņa attieksme pret sevi, savu laiku. Zinot, ka nebrīvē jāpavada vairāki gadi, viņš nevis sūkstējās par to, bet darīja vis Leggi tutto

I reached this book while pursuing two related topical lines: books about real-world Communist dystopias and books written by revolutionaries (dissidents). Scrisori catre Olga is a collection of letters written by Vaclav Havel to his wife Olga Havlová during 1979-1982, while he was imprisoned in var Leggi tutto

Tohle je moc těžké. Moc jsem chtěla, aby se mi Dopisy líbily, ale přese všechno snahu a sebezapírání to prostě nešlo. Je to strašná nuda a dopisy podle mě neměly být určeny ke knižnímu vydání. Ostatně, sám Havel píše Přečetl jsem si po sobě, co jsem včera napsal, a zjistil jsem, že dopisy tohoto d Leggi tutto