Petra Hůlová: Stručné dějiny Hnutí (The Movement)
The latest addition to my website is Petra Hůlová's Stručné dějiny Hnutí (The Movement). This is a feminist dystopian novel. In this New World, men are sent to a institute…
Vítězslav Nezval: Žena v množném čísle (Woman in the Plural)
The latest addition to my website is Vítězslav Nezval's Žena v množném čísle (Woman in the Plural). This is not even vaguely a novel but,rather, a collection of pieces -…
Vítězslav Nezval: Valérie a týden divů (Valerie and Her Week of Wonders)
The latest addition to my website is Vítězslav Nezval's Valérie a týden divů (Valerie and Her Week of Wonders) . Nezval was a committed surrealist, friends with André Breton and…
Jan Balabán: Kudy šel anděl? (Where Was the Angel Going?)
The latest addition to my website is Jan Balabán's Kudy šel anděl? (Where Was the Angel Going?). The novel is set in Ostrava, site of a huge coalfield, with many…
Josef Pánek: Láska v době globálních klimatických změn [Love in the Time of Global Climate Change]
The latest addition to my website is Josef Pánek's Láska v době globálních klimatických změn [Love in the Time of Global Climate Change]. This is a witty (with Czech-style wit)…
Egon Hostovský: Úkryt (The Hideout)
The latest addition to my website is Egon Hostovský's Úkryt (The Hideout). The novel was first published in 1943 but has just been reissued by Pushkin Press. It tells the…
Jaroslav Kalfar: Spacemen of Bohemia
The latest addition to my website is Jaroslav Kalfar's Spacemen of Bohemia. Kalfar was born in Prague but moved to the US when he was fifteen and wrote this novel…
Michal Ajvaz: Druhé Město (The Other City)
The latest addition to my website is Michal Ajvaz's Druhé Město (The Other City). This is a full-blown fantasy tale, telling of the unnamed narrator who discovers that there is…
Michal Ajvaz: Zlatý věk (The Golden Age)
The latest addition to my website is Michal Ajvaz's Zlatý věk (The Golden Age). This is a superbly original novel about an island off the coast of Africa, which though…
Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic: Gotická duše (Gothic Soul)
The latest addition to my website is Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic's Gotická duše (Gothic Soul). This is Czech Decadence at its best, a response to or, more likely, a homage…