Drognapló

by Kubiszyn Viktor

Drug diary draws from a very important part of the author’s life. The writer, who quit his drug addiction of his own accord, received a request from the Hungarian literary portal, Litera, on the first anniversary of his rebirth in 2010 to write a diary. This short story-like infernal trip piqued the publishing house’s interest, so they decided to order the writing of a whole book based on the story. With elemental force, the precise, carefully crafted sentences of Drug diary reveal a layer of reality that has so far been hidden by prudery and handled as a taboo in literary works.
This book is the story of a tortuous sixteen-year long drug career. With all its spiritual, mental, existential, and physiological consequences. A drug matrix and a psycho matrix.
How do you become a junkie; an addict; someone who wants to break free from drugs; someone who fails; someone who longs to be clean again? This dramatic and impossible to put down book tells you all – from a slang dictionary to lists of drugs.

262 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Viktor Kubiszyn (born 1979) is a Hungarian writer. He studied film theory, film history, Hungarian linguistics and literature, as well as aesthetics, at the Faculty of Humanities of Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest between 1998 and 2006.
He spent one part of his past junkie life in the 8th district of Budapest, Józsefváros, near the historic )Inner City district which he often calls “the Zone”. This part of the city is the poorest area of Budapest with a bad reputation. The area is a traditional craftsmen neighborhood, which became a slum in the previous decades.
His articles, film reviews, reports, interviews and essays have been published since 2002 in prominent Hungarian journals and Internet sites (Beszélő, Litera, Filmvilág, Film.hu, etc.), and collected into his first book, published in 2011 as Filmflesskönyv (Film-trip-book). His first, autobiographical novel, Drognapló (Drug Diary), a documentary novel, was also published in 2011, achieving instant success.

Reviews

[Gergő Tóth · Rating 5 out of 5]

- Milyen volt a buli? - kérdezem.
- Mindenki ütött mindenkit. Nagyon jó - és csettint, mennyire jó volt.
- Szuper lehetett - mondom, és örülök, hogy legalább ebből kimaradtam.

"Érzem, hogy meg fogjuk még bánni reggel, amikor mindenkinek elfogy már mindene, mindenki jön le mindenről, és nagyon jó lenne legalább egy ütős spanglit tüdőre venni még, de ez csak átsuhan, mint ahogy mi is suhanunk tova, egyenesen a dimbes-dombos erdő mélyére, húz magával a hangzacc, az éjszakai bokrokon zenélő technotücskök és varázsmadárkák szerenádja."

[Krisz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Baromi jó volt, köszi, Viktor, hogy megírtad. Ebből a könyvből annyira látszik, hogy pont ide értél, ahol ma vagy, és ez annyira jó érzés, mert ettől elhiszem neked az egészet.