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Total Viewegh

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  • Where: Montmartre Gallery
  • When: February 5, 2014, 19:00 – 21:00

The 26th book by the best-selling Czech novelist describes his sudden serious illness, subsequent battle for life and the life that he has been left with.

Following a reading by Michael Viewegh, Jiří Peňás, the head of newspaper Lidové noviny’s arts section and a literary critic, will speak.

Presented by Martin Reiner, director of the Druhé město publishing house.

“Six months ago I was enjoying wines from Argentina. But now I’m as half-blind as a mole, I’m not allowed wine, I can’t remember anything and everything scares me. All anti-depressants do is stop me from jumping off Nusle Bridge. Painful conditions incompatible with life have turned into an annoying, sleepy helplessness…”

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