The Spirit of Prague and Other Essays: And Other Essays - Softcover

Klima, Ivan

 
9780964561120: The Spirit of Prague and Other Essays: And Other Essays
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0964561123 ISBN 13: 9780964561120
Verlag: Granta Books, 1995

Inhaltsangabe

Here, in Klima's own powerful words, is the motivation behind his writing - the necessity to bear witness to his country's turbulent history. In the title essay of this collection of essays, Klima invokes the spirit of the city that has shaped and sustained him: ironical, cultural, accustomed to adversity but full of hope. A city which has spawned and inspired Milan Kundera, Josef Skvorecky and Pavel Kohut.
Other essays deal with his childhood experience in a concentration camp, thoughts about literature and memory, and the nature and importance of honesty and hope. A penetrating interview by Philip Roth and a study of Franz Kafka, compassionate and illuminating, are also included.

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Reseña del editor

A collection of essays by an eminent Czechoslovakian novelist explores the turbulent history of Prague over the past fifty years, the author's childhood experience in a concentration camp, the work of Franz Kafka, and the meaning of hope. Original. IP.

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Verlag
Granta Books
Erscheinungsdatum
1995
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0964561123
ISBN 13 
9780964561120
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