An attempt at experimental self-construction. Book 2: "Experience"

“An Attempt at Experimental Self-Construction. Book 2. Experience” is a continuation of Max Shchur’s autobiographical story. This is Minsk in the 90s, anarchy, love, escape from Belarus, a Prague squat, Radio Liberty, addictions and mental stress. Max Shchur again openly, ruthlessly and with humor experiences his personal experience and era. Recommended for adult audiences. Worldwide delivery.

The new book by Giedroyc Prize winner (2016) Max Shchur, "An Attempt at Experimental Construction of the Self," is a true experiment in reconstructing the achievable past, which took place over two and a half years, 2022-25.
The book is a fictionalized autobiography. The author himself refers to the genre of the book as "mem-ugary." His attempt to understand what the individual human "self" is and how it arises is presented with the author's characteristic humor, often bordering on mockery: not only of the reader, but also of himself.

The action of the second book, "Experience" begins in 1994 and ends in 2006. Studying at the Minsk Linguistic University, an anarchist party, sex drugs, rock'n'roll, "Minsk Spring", "days", escaping from Belarus, a refugee camp, life in a squat, the Prague émigré community, work at Radio Svaboda, chaotic loves, a history of alcoholism and mental illness - all this makes up the content of the second book of memoirs.

Who is Max Shchur? Max Shchur is a political immigrant, poet, translator, winner of the Giedroyc Prize (2016) for the novel "To Complete the Gestalt" and the Yukhnavec Prize for the novel "Where We Are Not" (2004). He has lived in the Czech Republic since 1998. Author of several books of poetry and prose ("A Letter Found in the Ashes", "Voices", "Kinoraman"), translator from English, Spanish, Czech and other languages. Editor-in-chief of the website "Invisible Places" (2003–2008) and the virtual literary magazine "LitRazh" (2013–2020). Translated the film "Criminal Reading" into Belarusian, in 2008–2020. collaborated with Belsat television as a translator. Author of a YouTube channel, where he publishes his translations of songs and reflections on Buddhism.