Prague Stories

by Richard Bassett

2021-01-09 23:44:54

A gorgeously jacketed hardcover anthology of stories set in Prague, by an international array of brilliant writers.The Golden City of Prague has long been an intellectual center of the western world. The writers collected here range from the early ni... Read more
A gorgeously jacketed hardcover anthology of stories set in Prague, by an international array of brilliant writers.

The Golden City of Prague has long been an intellectual center of the western world. The writers collected here range from the early nineteenth century to the present and include both Prague natives and visitors from elsewhere. Here are stories, legends, and scenes from the city’s past and present, from the Jewish fable of the golem, a creature conjured from clay, to tales of German and Soviet invasions. The international array of writers ranges from Franz Kafka to Ivan Klíma to Bruce Chatwin, and includes the award-winning British playwright Tom Stoppard and former American Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, both of whom have Czech roots. Covering the city’s venerable Jewish heritage, the glamour of the belle-époque period, World War II, Communist rule, the Prague Spring, the Velvet Revolution, and beyond, Prague Stories weaves a remarkable selection of fiction and nonfiction into a literary portrait of a fascinating city. Less

Book Details

File size7.56 X 4.91 X 1.18 in
Print pages416
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date October 20, 2020
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780525659570
Richard Bassett has worked in the City for the last fifteen years advising several of Europe’s largest companies. Previously he worked in Central Europe for many years, first as a professional horn ...

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