Jaroslav Hašek's wandering from Světlá nad Sázavou to Lipnice
Early summer of 1921. Jaroslav Hašek, already tired of the Prague bustle and his own reputation as a bohemian, leaves Světlá nad Sázavou.
In his backpack were several notebooks with notes on The Fate of the Good Soldier Švejk, his head full of ideas and a slightly ironic smile on his face. But he is not alone. At his side walks Franta Sauer, a friend, anarchist and occasional literary crony, who provides him with accommodation and, above all, company capable of bearing Hašek's moods.
Along the way, they meet village characters such as Mrs Malinová from Leština, a local herbalist who offers Hašek tea "for a sharp mind", and the boy Vojta, a curious goat herder who becomes an unexpected listener to his grotesque stories. In Ledec nad Sázavou, Hašek stops at a pub called U Zlatého lva, where he toasts with the local regulars and writes notes in his notebook about the barman, who he says reminds him of Feldkurat Katz.
Every step towards Lipnice seems to bring him closer to peace, inspiration and a form of redemption. When the silhouette of Lipnica Castle appears on the horizon, Hašek stops, takes a deep breath and says: "No one will find me here - except eventually in the textbooks." And little does he know that this is where he will write most of the most famous chapters of his Švejk - and the last.
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