About the book: 1985 / Frantisek Stavinoga is a prominent Czech prose writer, author of novels and short stories about the life of Czech miners and peasants. The collection includes works from different years. The central place in it is occupied by the story “How to Die,” which tells about the Nazi occupation and the anti-fascist Resistance. The main theme of the story and stories is testing people “for strength” in times of difficult trials, identifying high spiritual and moral qualities in them, fraternal friendship of the Czech and Russian peoples.