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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ludvik Vaculik , Kaca PolackovaPublisher: Open Letter Imprint: Open Letter Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.261kg ISBN: 9781934824344ISBN 10: 1934824348 Pages: 167 Publication Date: 02 June 2011 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsThe extraordinary adventures of a petty bank clerk, of his guinea pigs, his family, and his weird superiors are all shrouded in an eerie conviviality which chills the reader. -- -- Antonin J. Liehm One of the major works of literature produced in postwar Europe. This brilliant book must be read. -- New York Review of Books The extraordinary adventures of a petty bank clerk, of his guinea pigs, his family, and his weird superiors are all shrouded in an eerie conviviality which chills the reader. -- -- Antonin J. Liehm The extraordinary adventures of a petty bank clerk, of his guinea pigs, his family, and his weird superiors are all shrouded in an eerie conviviality which chills the reader. --Antonin J. Liehm Author InformationLudvik Vaculik is the author of a number of number of novels and essay collections. One of the leading literary figures during the Prague Spring of 1968, his manifesto The Two Thousand Words led to his banishment from the Communist Party, the censorship of his writing, and decades of persecution. Kaca Polackova has translated numerous prominent Czech writer in addition to Ludvik Vaculik, including Josef Skvorecky and Bohumil Hrabal. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |