New Eastern Europe - November-December 2017

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negative. It is positive since you can chat to someone without actually having to go
out but the negative aspect is that you can chat to someone without actually having
to go out. I don’t think people have changed that much. We are still the same; it is
the things around us that have been changing and very fast too.
Many people ask me if I am happy to see my kids growing up in this world. Is
it a cause for concern? As long as several madmen stay relatively sane and do not
go around dropping bombs, there is nothing to worry about. We would surely
be better off without yet another economic crisis but this sometimes cannot be
helped.

Transcribed by Łukasz Grzesiczak and
translated into English by Justyna Chada

Miroslav Pech is a Czech writer. His book has been announced the
Czech Trainspotting. The Polish translation of his book Cobainovi žáci
was published in 2017 by Stara Szkoła publishing house.

Poles and Czechs across generations Nothing has really changed, Miroslav Pech
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