Chronicles the experiences of Ditie, who rises from busboy to hotel owner in World War II Prague, and whose life is shaped by the fate of his country before, during, and after the conflict.
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A novel about a man who finds himself transformed into a huge insect, and the effects of this change upon his life.
"This book explores how family sagas may configure family memory. Readers of this book will not only learn more about the genre of family saga but also be encouraged to reflect on their own family memories"--.
"This book explores how family sagas may configure family memory. Readers of this book will not only learn more about the genre of family saga but also be encouraged to reflect on their own family memories"--
"This book explores how family sagas may configure family memory. Readers of this book will not only learn more about the genre of family saga but also be encouraged to reflect on their own family memories"--
"Czech fiction in the twentieth century has been deeply enmeshed in the nation's political life and often serves as a conduit for its authors' social ideas. Peter Steiner challenges the view that literary works can be treated as aesthetically distinct from historical events. Ins…
Czech fiction in the twentieth century has been deeply enmeshed in the nation's political life and often serves as a conduit for its authors' social ideas. Through a series of brilliant and powerful readings of major Czech texts in both literature and history, Peter Steiner chal…
