Absurdities

by Jaroslav Balek

A story about a generation born in Czechoslovakia after World War II, who attended elementary school in the 1950s, enjoyed the delights of the 1960s at university, and with the onset of so-called normalization after the occupation of the country by Warsaw Pact troops, entered basic military school and their first jobs. They were at the peak of their careers in the late 1980s. They experienced many disappointments and absurdities, which, of course, continued even after the fall of communism. In short, it is a look back at half a century of absurdities.

130 pages, Paperback

Published October 18, 2025