
Engineer of Human Souls
Josef Skvorecky(Author)
Dalkey Archive Press
Will be published approx. on 18. March 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
592 pages
978-1-56478-199-4 (ISBN)
Description
The Engineer of Human Souls is a labyrinthine comic novel that investigates the journey and plight of novelist Danny Smiricky, a Czech immigrant to Canada. As the novel begins, he is a professor of American literature at a college in Toronto. Out of touch with his young students, and hounded by the Czech secret police, Danny is let loose to roam between past and present, adopting whatever identity that he chooses or has been imposed upon him by History.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Normal, IL
United States
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 227 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
744 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56478-199-4 (9781564781994)
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Persons
Josef Skvorecky is the author of "The Cowards," "The Bass Saxophone," "The Engineer of Human Souls," and "Dvorak in Love," among other works. He is the winner of Canada's Governor General's Award. He and his wife, Zdena, divide their time between Toronto and Venice, Florida.