This volume is a landmark of Holocaust Literature and among the finest works of fiction produced by any writer since World War II. The center of Arnost Lustig's impressive oeuvre, the collection expresses his faith in the power of individuals - especially children - to shape their own destinies. These profoundly moving stories transcend the ...
From the internationally acclaimed writer Josef Skvorecky comes the first in a series of linked detective tales featuring a highly intelligent member of theCzechoslovak police force and his agreeable colleagues.
A Czech girl relates the events of her troubled fifteenth year, during which she matures enough to recognize and accept the problems as well as rewards of the adult world.
These stories--one for each day of the week--from the mid-1980s were smuggled out of Czechoslovakia, where Ivan Klima's work has been banned since 1970. They include ''A Thief's Tale,'' ''A Christmas Conspiracy Tale,'' and ''A Foolish Tale.''
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