Chekhiia... Kto-to, uslyshav eto nazvanie, vspomnit srednevekovye ulochki, doma pod uiutnymi cherepichnymi kryshami, goticheskie sobory, vsparyvaiushchie nebo ostrymi shpiliami. Komu-to na um srazu zhe pridut bravyi soldat Shveik i 1968 god. Liubiteli istorii nazovut imena Karla IV i Przhemyslovichei. A kto-to ulybnetsia i skazhet: Ð"«Nu, Chekhiia - eto pivo!Ð"» U vsekh est svoe predstavlenie o Chekhii, no chto my znaem o chekhakh, khoziaevakh zamechatelnoi strany, kotoruiu, soglasno statistike, v god poseshchaet okolo desiati millionov turistov? Spokoinye i sderzhannye, gostepriimnye i dobrodushnye, nemnogo zastenchivye i netoroplivye, zhizneliubivye i umeiushchie posmeiatsia nad soboi. Odnako stop. Nevozmozhno rasskazat o natcii v neskolkikh slovakh. Luchshe otkryt knigu, v kotoroi avtor, znaiushchii o Chekhii ne ponaslyshke, legko i ostroumno, bez pafosa i istoricheskikh obid rasskazyvaet o zagadochnoi cheshskoi dushe, poputno davaia delnye sovety, vospolzovavshis kotorymi vy budete chuvstvovat sebia v Chekhii kak doma.