The Golden City of Prague has long been an intellectual centre of
the western world. The writers collected here range from the early
nineteenth century to the present and include both Prague natives
and visitors from elsewhere. Here are stories, legends, and scenes
from the city's past and present, from the Jewish fable of the
golem, a creature conjured from clay, to tales of German and Soviet
invasions. The international array of writers ranges from Franz
Kafka to Ivan Klima to Bruce Chatwin, and includes the
award-winning British playwright Tom Stoppard and former American
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, both of whom have Czech
roots. Covering the city's venerable Jewish heritage, the glamour
of the belle-epoque period, World War II, Communist rule, the
Prague Spring, the Velvet Revolution, and beyond, Prague Stories
weaves a remarkable selection of fiction and nonfiction into a
literary portrait of a fascinating city. Richard Bassett, former
Central European correspondent for The Times, knows his subject
inside out. Here is Prague in all its brilliance, a city rich in
folklore both Slavic and Jewish, whose history is the stuff of
legend - Jan Hus, Charles IV and his eponymous bridge, serial
defenestrations; Prague in the dark years of World War II, in the
grey years of Communism, in the excitement of the Velvet
Revolution. And here is today's Prague, a vibrant cosmopolitan
capital where a new generation of Czech writers - Sylva Fischerova,
Daniela Hodrova and others - explores its identity in new and
exciting ways. A unique collection of fiction and non-fiction to
delight and stimulate travellers and stay-at-homes alike.
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