David’s Reviews > Letters to Olga: June 1979-September 1982 > Status Update

I--and you too--have found many new young friends--perhaps better than some of our old ones--but all the same, this depopulation is hard ot bear. Just remember the summer of '67: Triska, Koblasa, Vera, Honza Nemec, Pavel Juracek--and of course Landak--and later Pavel and Jarda and others--if it weren't for new friends Hradecek would be almost empty in the summer. (When Havel died in 2011, he died at Hradacek, too.)

Just finished the first two letters Havel wrote after he made it to the real prison rather than the place he was held while going thru his trial. These letters are very good.

Facing prison, using prison to try to recapture things he'd lost by getting caught up in the cares of life, trying to maintain his relationship with his wife...I like it!