Bipolar

The author, who works as an actress at Divadlo Sklep, has struggled with bipolar disorder all her life. In his prose, he reveals his authentic experience with this mental illness, opening up a topic that is still taboo in society.
The book is a combination of retrospective narrative, diary entries and texts written under the influence of illness. The author, who is also an experienced translator, describes this issue in a very readable way, with exaggeration and humour. This makes the book interesting even for readers who have no direct experience with bipolarity.
The book includes an extensive interview with psychiatrist, university professor and director of the National Institute of Mental Health Jiří Horáček.