Category=WTH
Central Europe
collection of Czech stories
Czech authors
Czech culture
Czech literature
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essays
literary collection
prose
short stories
travel anthology
travel stories
Product details
- ISBN 9781883513016
- Weight: 226g
- Dimensions: 127 x 184mm
- Publication Date: 16 Mar 1995
- Publisher: Whereabouts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Travel to one of the most beautiful cities in the world in the company of its finest writers. Walk the mysterious nighttime streets of Prague with Franz Kafka and Jaroslav Hasek, eavesdrop on intimate conversations in restaurants and lively beer halls with Karel Capek and Bohumil Hrabal, listen to jazz in stylish nightclubs with Josef Skvorecky. The stories in this volume many of which appear in English for the first time will take you on a personal odyssey through the city's stormy past to its dynamic present. For the traveler who wishes to experience something of its essence, Prague illuminates the heart and soul of a great city. Contributors include Michal Ajvaz, Karel Capek, Ivan Divis, Jaroslav Hasek, Daniela Hodrova, Bohumil Hrabal, Alois Jirasek, Franz Kafka, Jiri Karasek ze Lvovic, Egon Erwin Kisch, Ivan Klima, Jiri Kovtun, Frantisek Langer, Gustav Meyrink, Jan Neruda, Karel Pecka, Ota Pavel, Josef Skvorecky, Jindriska Smetanova, Jachym Topol, and Jiri Weil.
Paul Wilson, Editor
