Disturbing the Peace
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: October 8, 2015, 19:00 – 21:00
Václav Havel’s Dálkový Výslech (Disturbing the Peace) was the former president’s most distinctive and successful book.
Granting the interview to Karel Hvížďala meant that he sidestepped the responsibility of writing a memoir himself one day. He later did a follow-up with the author entitled Prosím stručně (To the Castle and Back). The original interview in book form was first published in Czech in London in 1986 in connection with Havel’s 50th birthday. The new, twelfth Czech edition has been prepared by the LEDA publishing house 30 years after Václav Havel began working with Karel Hvížďala. The interview has been translated into more than 20 languages.
Guests will include Petr Fischer, Petr Pithart, Karel Hvížďala and publisher Rudolf Červenka. Actor Josef Somr will read from the book and Jaroslav Hutka will perform.
The evening takes place in cooperation with the LEDA publishing house.