A unique autobiography of Karel Gott - the greatest legend of the Czech and Czechoslovak music scene of all time
The book Karel Gott - My Journey to Happiness brings an authentic picture of the fascinating life of an exceptional artist with an international reputation who began to shine in the music sky at the age of twenty.
Karel Gott - My way to happiness contains approximately 1800 photographs and other visual and documentary material, many of which have not yet been published. At the end of his stellar career, Karel Gott decided to recapitulate his extraordinary life story - to write his own autobiography. He finished the book during his lifetime and worked intensively on the pictorial documentation until his last days.
In My Journey to Happiness Karel Gott talks openly about his private life, his daughters, his marriage, but also about things that have been shrouded in mystery for various reasons. Gott's memories go back to his earliest childhood, telling about his parents and extended family, his school years, his friends and his personal hobbies, which included painting as a boy.
Karel Gott is both self-critical and extremely honest in his inventory of fate, especially in the final chapters, in which he describes the difficult period of his struggle with an insidious disease.
With Karel Gott - My Journey to Happiness, readers get their hands on a comprehensive, in many ways a haunting picture of the fateful rise of an extraordinary personality, who, thanks to her innate talent, a unique voice, of immense diligence, work ethic, honesty, decency and personal commitment, she gave beauty to the audience, joy and herself to the very end of her life's journey.
Reads Igor Bareš
