Total Viewegh
- 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…”
Related photographs
- Total Viewegh (5. 2. 2014) February 6, 2014