Product details
ISBN
9788024632896
Published
2016-10-14
Publisher
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic
Weight
85 gr
Height
19 mm
Width
13 mm
Thickness
1 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
204
Author
Translated by
Biographical note
Vladislav Vancura (1891 1942) was one of the most important Czech writers of the twentieth century. He was also active as a film director, playwright, and screenwriter. Mark Corner is a translator, author, and lecturer in religious and European studies who lives and works in Brussels.
Summer of Caprice, a captivating comic novel first published in 1926, is a classic of Czech literature, yet it is little known elsewhere. Commonly considered untranslatable due to the complexities of the text, which is characterized by a playful narrative and an exceptional mastery of language, and its profound cultural context, it is rendered here in English that beautifully captures Vladislav Vancura's experimental style or, as the author himself called it, his "poetism in prose." Mixing the archaic with the innovative, raw colloquialisms with biblical quotations, Summer of Caprice opens an uproarious window onto the Czech spirit, humor, and way of life.
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Product details
ISBN
9788024632896
Published
2016-10-14
Publisher
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic
Weight
85 gr
Height
19 mm
Width
13 mm
Thickness
1 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
204
Author
Translated by