Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:36:13 +0200https://english.radio.cz/blanka-cechova-finding-kafka-kosovo-8554430© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalNot many people would give up the salary, status and security of a job as a high-flying European lawyer for all the uncertainties of being a full time writer. But this is exactly what Blanka Čechová has done. After several years working for international institutions that seemed to feed on their own bureaucracy, she became disillusioned, and instead has taken her experiences as an inspiration for her writing. Her new novel, “Totál Balkán” draws richly from the time the author spent with an international mission in Kosovo, and the picture it paints is far from flattering. David Vaughan meets a writer who has not been afraid to court controversy.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/cechova_blanka1.jpg?timestamp=1591204392 https://english.radio.cz/blanka-cechova-finding-kafka-kosovo-8554430 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9