New books: Nech zajíce běžet and Thurston Moore’s Sonický život

This week’s books roundup looks at two titles on Nakladatelství Host’s list: Irena Dousková’s novel Nech zajíce běžet and Thurston Moore’s autobiography Sonický život. The publisher’s material places them in its autumn programme, with Moore’s book recorded as a 2026 publication rather than assigned a precise release day.²

Slovakia and Czechia

The Czech publisher Nakladatelství Host supplies the two entries in this part of the roundup. They represent different forms of writing: a novel from Dousková, introduced as a new author on the publisher’s list, and an autobiographical account from Moore, whose subjects include his own musical career and the band he helped establish.²

Nech zajíce běžet

Irena Dousková

Irena Dousková joins Nakladatelství Host’s author list with the novel Nech zajíce běžet. The title appears in the publisher’s autumn material, placing it among the Czech books highlighted for this edition. That announcement identifies the author, title and literary form, but does not establish an exact publication date; the autumn listing should therefore not be read as confirmation that the novel arrived specifically during the week of October 28.²

Sonický život

Thurston Moore

An autobiography built around music and sound, Sonický život covers Thurston Moore’s career and his involvement in Sonic Youth. Host lists the 559-page book, while the publication information supplied for this roundup dates it to 2026 without specifying a day or month. Moore is an American guitarist, singer, composer and music producer, and the account reaches back to his move to Manhattan as a young man. There he absorbed the city’s punk, poetry and art scene: the publisher’s description places those encounters alongside the story of his own development as a musician. The book’s stated scope is thus broader than a record of the band alone, combining a personal musical history with the sounds and artistic surroundings that drew his attention.²

Sonic Youth’s formation provides one concrete landmark in that history. Moore founded the band in 1981 with Kim Gordon and Lee Ranaldo; the publisher’s account also describes its subsequent presence at prominent festivals and clubs. The musical territory covered by the book extends from punk and hardcore to new wave, no wave, indie and grunge. Those are subjects identified in the publication material, rather than an assessment of how the autobiography handles them. Moore’s biographical background also includes founding Chelsea Light Moving, and Host identifies him as a musician whose work spans performance, composition and production. For readers seeking the edition, the listing gives ISBN 978-80-275-2993-3. Taken together, the bibliographic details identify a substantial autobiographical volume centred on Moore’s life in music, with Sonic Youth as a recurring subject and his fascination with sound as its stated thread.²