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Description:As a historic city centre, Prague is perhaps the perfect backdrop for story-telling. With its spectacular, baroque architecture (relatively untouched by either the 20th or 19th centuries), its winding, cobble streets, its Gothic steeples, its rich Bohemian influences... maybe it was inevitable it would become the setting for a renaissance in the fantastical, ‘ground zero’ for magic realism, birthplace of the Kafka-esque. Despite its trapped-in-aspic beauty, however, the city has still been shaped and scarred by the very modern lessons of the 20th century, with its writing being similarly dragged reluctantly into the all-too-real world.In this unique collection of ten of the city’s most important, yet previously un-translated authors, we see the city in a completely new light. Away from the Old Town Square and the winding Vltava River, these stories take us into less visited corners of Prague: from the steep streets of the proudly edgy Žižkov neighbourhood, to the flood-ravished suburb of Karlín, from the tensions experienced by the city’s Romani community to the dehumanising post-war redevelopment of areas like Libeň. These stories prove that even in a seemingly small and compact city like Prague, there are always sides to a city’s character you would never have imagined.Translated by Alžběta Belánová, Melwyn Clarke, Graeme Dibble, Andrew Oakland, Justin Quinn, Julia and Peter Sherwood, and Paul Wilson.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Book of Prague. To get started finding The Book of Prague, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Comma Press

Release: 2023

ISBN: 1912697785

Description: As a historic city centre, Prague is perhaps the perfect backdrop for story-telling. With its spectacular, baroque architecture (relatively untouched by either the 20th or 19th centuries), its winding, cobble streets, its Gothic steeples, its rich Bohemian influences... maybe it was inevitable it would become the setting for a renaissance in the fantastical, ‘ground zero’ for magic realism, birthplace of the Kafka-esque. Despite its trapped-in-aspic beauty, however, the city has still been shaped and scarred by the very modern lessons of the 20th century, with its writing being similarly dragged reluctantly into the all-too-real world.In this unique collection of ten of the city’s most important, yet previously un-translated authors, we see the city in a completely new light. Away from the Old Town Square and the winding Vltava River, these stories take us into less visited corners of Prague: from the steep streets of the proudly edgy Žižkov neighbourhood, to the flood-ravished suburb of Karlín, from the tensions experienced by the city’s Romani community to the dehumanising post-war redevelopment of areas like Libeň. These stories prove that even in a seemingly small and compact city like Prague, there are always sides to a city’s character you would never have imagined.Translated by Alžběta Belánová, Melwyn Clarke, Graeme Dibble, Andrew Oakland, Justin Quinn, Julia and Peter Sherwood, and Paul Wilson.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Book of Prague. To get started finding The Book of Prague, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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