What unites the very different figures in this book? Why do they refuse to act, deliberately waste time and talent, embrace silence, or choose failure?

While Western culture celebrates activity and treats passivity as weakness, Zofia Zaleska explores inaction as a conscious response to a world shaped by war, inequality, and constant pressure to perform.

Drawing on the lives and works of writers, artists, fictional characters, and anonymous individuals, the author creates a subjective catalogue of non-action and reflects on freedom, dignity, and creative resistance in contemporary culture.

Translated from Polish by Kaciaryna Macijeŭskaja.

Language: Belarusian
Cover: softcover
Format: 130 x 200 mm
Number of pages: 190
Place of publication: Poland
Year of publication: 2025