![]() ![]() You have to consciously take a step back to piece it all together. The book feels a little bit more disjointed. We have here a mix of Szczygieł’s observations and interviews with people.Īgain there is this mix of laughter and despair, but less pronounced than in Gottland. Very funnily describes popes visit in a country that perceives itself as the most atheist. He writes about Czech’s approach to religion, death, laughing and having fun. ![]() I liked the book a lot, but it lacks a bit the scale of Gottland. Again we get to explore the quirks of the Czech psyche with Szczygieł. The title translation would run something like this: Make Your Own Paradise. In this book Szczygieł comes back to the love of his life – the Czech Republic. ![]() Nie Ma, I read last year and it was so good and moving it brought me down for the entire May. I loved Gottland, his tribute to Czech Republic, blending beautifully the funny absurdities with quiet despair. Mariusz Szczygieł is a Polish journalist, at some point more known from his TV presence (he chaired one of the first Polish talk-shows) in the 2000s he focused again in writing. ![]()
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