Today we went to our town of origin, Zilina. I was
wondering what has change here after quite some time we were here last
time. And again my expectation are clashing with reality. I have no
idea why, but I always expecting nice quiet city as it used to be when
I was young. But one see only huge building activities, roads in quite
bad state and everything is half broken. The worst people seems to be
accepting this and walking between fences around construction
sites. Summer cinema, which used to be kind of symbol for summer is
now totally destroyed and I have heart that huge 27 floor building is
going to be build there. Terrible.
Only one island is still holding its
place from the past. And that is one bookstore. This is a small place in
the center of the city with very good selection of the books, covering
not only beletrie but also philosophy and esoteric literature. It has
a that kind of calm atmosphere which let you think about important
things. All this is underlined with a nice cafe under this bookstore
where you can get great up of espresso coffee.
I have bought two books today here (normally I buy much more but
somehow I feel different today). One book is from Slovak writer I like
for many years and it is great that he is still writing books even
now. I bought his last books from this year. His name is Jan
Johanides. Second book I have bought is kind of photo diary book about
Slovak painter Vincent Hloznik. I like the stile and photos in this
book. I do not particularly like his painting, but I also do not
dislike them. Why I choose this book is the style how it is
done. Photo diary book seems to be very open and personal at the same
time.
