Prague A Traveler's Literary Companion

ISBN-10: 1883513014

ISBN-13: 9781883513016

Edition: N/A

Authors: Paul Wilson

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Travel to one of the most beautiful cities in the world in the company of its finest writers. Walk the mysterious nighttime streets of Prague with Franz Kafka and Jaroslav Hasek, eavesdrop on intimate conversations in restaurants and lively beer halls with Karel Capek and Bohumil Hrabal, listen to jazz in stylish nightclubs with Josef Skvorecky. Contributors: Michal Ajvaz Karel Capek Ivan Divis Jaroslav Hasek Daniela Hodrova Bohumil Hrabal Alois Jirasek Franz Kafka Jiri Karasek ze Lvovic Egon Erwin Kisch Ivan Klima Jiri Kovtun Frantisek Langer Gustav Meyrink Jan Neruda Karel Pecka Ota Pavel Josef Skvorecky Jindriska Smetanova Jachym Topol Jiri Weil "The perfect companion for the…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Publisher: Whereabouts Press
Publication date: 3/1/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.25" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 0.550



Map of Prague


Preface


Prologue



I See a Great City



Petrin


Bells



Hradcany


The First Vision



Mala Strana


What Shall We Do with It?



The Little Bulldog



Kampa


American Heating



Charles Bridge


The Sword of St. Wenceslas



A Psychiatric Mystery



The Old Jewish Quarter


The Golem



The Old Town


The Legend of the Old Town Clock



Description of a Struggle



GM



The Hotel Pariz



The Case of the Washerwoman



The Magic Flute



The Past



Prague


The Receipt



Mendelssohn Is on the Roof



A Prague Eclogue



A Race Through Prague



Invasion Day



A Visit to the Train Station



Tenor Sax Solo from Washington



Epilogue


The Spirit of Prague



A Prague Chronology


Glossary


Contributors


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