Books by Ladislav Fuks (2)
1.
Mr. Theodore Mundstock by Ladislav Fuks EN
Country: Europe / 
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
1969, mass market paperback reprint edition, in English (translated from the Czech), Ballantine, NY. 223 pages. "This title will haunt you long after you finish reading it ... a beautifully written book."
2.
The Cremator by Ladislav Fuks EN
Country: Europe / Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
“The devil’s neatest trick is to persuade us that he doesn’t exist.” It is a maxim that both rings true in our contemporary world and pervades this tragicomic novel of anxiety and evil set amid the horrors of World War II. As a gay man living in a totalitarian, patriarchal society, noted Czech writer Ladislav Fuks identified with the tragic fate of his Jewish countrymen during the Holocaust. The Cremator arises from that shared experience. Fuks presents a grotesque, dystopian world in which a dutiful father, following the strict logic of his time, liberates the souls of his loved ones by destr... continue