A wildly comic story about the fate of a Czech family from the 1960s onwards. At turns humorous, ironic and sentimental, an engaging portrait of their attempts to flee from history (meaning the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia ) - or at least to ignore it as long as possible... Light-hearted and sophisticated at once, this is a book that reminds us that comedy can tackle large historical subjects successfully.
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A wildly comic story about the fate of a Czech family from the 1960s onwards. At turns humorous, ironic and sentimental, an engaging portrait of their attempts to flee from history (meaning the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia ) - or at least to ignore it as long as possible... Light-hearted and sophisticated at once, this is a book that reminds us that comedy can tackle large historical subjects successfully.
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Very Good jacket. Prague. 2016. April 2016. Jantar Publishing. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780993377327. Translated from the Czech by David Short. 288 pages. hardcover. keywords: Europe Czech Literature Translated World Literature. DESCRIPTION-A wildly comic story about the fate of a Czech family from the 1960s onwards. At turns humorous, ironic, and sentimental, an engaging portrait of their attempts to flee from history (meaning the 1968 invasion of Czechslovakia)-or at least to ignore it as long as possible. The author depicts his parents' life stories and also his own adolescence with humorous hyperbole. The account focuses on the difficulties of the father, an idiosyncratic workaholic whose efforts to protect his family regularly involve losing his dignity. At the same time, the extraordinarily gifted Kvido, an aspiring writer, narrates his own teenage troubles, in a world that is not of his own choosing. inventory #42743.
