The Spirit of Prague
Published on 5. December 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-84708-193-3 (ISBN)
Description
A brilliant collection of essays from the renowned Czech novelist charts the history of Prague from World War II to the Velvet Revolution. Klima witnessed the horrors of Nazi occupation during the war; the Stalinist regimes of the 1950s; the celebrations of the Prague Spring; the despair of the Soviet invasion in 1968; the bravery of the members of Charter 77; the triumph of the Velvet Revolution in 1989 and the uncertainty that followed the formal division of his country. In the title essay, Klima invokes the spirit of the city that has shaped and sustained him.
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Ivan Klima was born in 1931 in Prague, where he now lives, and was editor of the journal of the Czech Writers' Union during the Prague Spring. He is the author of many plays, stories and novels including Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light, The Ultimate Intimacy and My Golden Trades, and a non-fiction book, The Spirit of Prague, all of which are published by Granta Books.