Written between 1954 and 1957 and treating events from the
Stalinist era of Czechoslovakia's postwar Communist regime, Midway
Upon the Journey of Our Life flew in the face of the reigning
aesthetic of socialist realism, an anti-heroic novel informed by
the literary theory of Viktor Shklovsky and constructed from
episodes and lyrical sketches of the author and his neighbors'
everyday life in industrial north Bohemia, set against a backdrop
of historical and cultural upheaval. Meditative and speculative
reflections here alternate and overlap with fragmentary accounts of
Jedlicka's own biography and slices of the lives of people around
him, typically rendered as overheard conversations. The narrative
passages range in chronology from May 1945 to the early 1950s, with
sporadic leaps through time as the characters go about the business
of "building a new society" and the mythology that goes with it.
Due to its critical view of socialist society, Midway remained
unpublished until 1966, amid the easing of cultural control, but a
complete version of this darkly comic novel did not appear in Czech
until 1994.
General
Imprint: |
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic
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Country of origin: |
Czech Republic |
Series: |
Modern Czech Classics |
Release date: |
March 2016 |
Authors: |
Josef Jedlicka
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Translators: |
Alex Zucker
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Dimensions: |
237 x 189 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
Pages: |
192 |
ISBN-13: |
978-80-246-3127-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
80-246-3127-X |
Barcode: |
9788024631271 |
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