"We're losing him!" I heard. Then came a beautiful, colorful death. I saw dinosaurs, Tom Cruise, and Adam and Eve.

Petr Laštovka is one of those who have looked death in the face. In his new book I Died, But I Feel Better, he describes his fight with cancer, using his typical morbid humor. "What is terrible is dying. I don't recommend that to anyone. But my death was beautiful, colorful," he tells Studio N. "It was an extremely pleasant encounter with a fantastic space. I saw beautiful beings everywhere, and when I was inclined to open my eyes, they told me:…