Bipolar

The author, an actress at the Sklep Theatre, has struggled with bipolar disorder throughout her life. In her prose, she reveals her authentic experience of this mental illness, opening up a topic that remains taboo in society.

The book combines retrospective narrative, diary entries and texts written under the influence of the illness. The author, who is also an experienced translator, describes this issue in a highly readable way, with understatement and humour. As a result, the book also appeals to readers with no direct experience of bipolar disorder.

The book includes an extensive interview with Jiří Horáček, a psychiatrist, university professor and director of the National Institute of Mental Health.

Recorded at the Chevaliere studio, directed by Sabina Rytířová, sound by Zdeněk Rytíř.