Historical fiction books set in Czech Republic (9)
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Cutting it Short ; and The Little Town where Time Stood Still by Bohumil Hrabal EN
Country: Europe / 
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
From the flamboyant and unpredictable Maryska, who scandalises the town when she cuts short her golden tresses, to the eccentric Uncle Pepin, who always has to have a ready supply of furniture to smash when he's angry, Bohumil Hrabal creates a range of enchanting and memorable characters - confirming his status as one of Europe's greatest writers.
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting : A Novel by Milan Kundera EN
Country: Europe / Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
Rich in its stories, characters, and imaginative range, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting is the novel that brought Milan Kundera his first big international success in the late 1970s. Like all his work, it is valuable for far more than its historical implications. In seven wonderfully integrated parts, different aspects of human existence are magnified and reduced, reordered and emphasized, newly examined, analyzed, and experienced.
3.
Gárgaras con alquitrán by Jáchym Topol ES
Country: Europe / Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
En el Hogar, un orfanato situado en el interior de la Checoslovaquia precomunista, a los niños que mienten les obligan a hacer gárgaras con jabón de alquitrán. Ilja lo sabe mejor que nadie, por eso su historia sólo puede ser verdad. Con la llegada de los comunistas, la guerra penetra en el interior del hogar Hogar, arrastrando a sus ocupantes hacia una espiral de violencia capaz de diluir los límites de la realidad. Ilja logra sobrevivir a todo lo que ocurre a su alrededor gracias al factor suerte y a su entrenamiento militar. Lo más sorprendent... continue
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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
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The Good Soldier Svejk by Jaroslav Hašek EN
Country: Europe / Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
"Good-natured and garrulous, Švejk becomes the Austrian army's most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of the First World War - although his bumbling attempts to get to the front serve only to prevent him from reaching it. Playing cards, getting drunk and becoming a general nuisance, the resourceful Švejk uses all his natural cunning and genial subterfuge to deal with the doctors, police, clergy and officers who chivvy him towards battle. The story of a 'little man' caught in a vast bureaucratic machine, The Good Soldier Švejk combines dazzling wordplay and piercing satir... continue
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Cartea râsului şi a uitării by Milan Kundera RO
Country: Europe / Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
„Această carte este în totalitatea ei un roman în formă de variaţiuni. În succesiunea lor, fiecare capitol constituie o etapă diferită a unei călătorii ce duce în interiorul unei teme, în interiorul unei idei, în interiorul unei situaţii unice, a cărei înţelegere se pierde pentru mine în nemărginire. E un roman despre Tamina şi, din clipa în care Tamina părăseşte scena, devine un roman pentru Tamina.Ea este personajul principal şi principalul ascultător, toate celelalte întâmplări fiind o variaţiune a propriei sale poveşti... continue
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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."
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La belle de Joza : roman by Květa Legátová FR
Country: Europe / Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
Pour échapper à la Gestapo, Eliska, une jeune et brillante doctoresse tchécoslovaque, lie dans l'urgence son destin à un homme fruste. force de la nature, vendu par ses parents à l'âge de quinze ans. Quittant ainsi une vie pleine de promesses, un amant bien en vue et une belle carriere, Eliska rejoint dans les montagnes un village aux usages d'un autre temps. Pourtant. et contre toute attente, ces deux êtres vont se découvrir, tel la Belle et la Bête, et apprendre à s'aimer dans un paysage comme en suspens au-dessus de la catastrophe européenne.
