Photographer Anton Šmotlák (1920 – 1979) captured both the oficial and unoficial side of ia's literary life of the 1960's and 1970's. Literary scientists Vladimír Petrík a Vladimír Barborík wrote the accompanying texts. They also selected quotes from the contemporary press to illustrate how the literary and social movement of the two decades had morphed, especially the relationship between the authorities and artistic expression, as well as the attitude of the writers.