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Glorious Nemesis (Hardcover)
Ladislav Klima; Illustrated by Pavel Rut; Translated by Marek Tomin
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In Europe, taking a walk is a cultural phenomenon having an almost
mystical import. It connects physical activity with meditation,
silence within amid the tumult without. Taking its cue both from
Joyce's Ulysses and Hrabal's stream of anecdote, Of Kids &
Parents is about a father and son taking a walk through Prague,
over the course of which, and in the pubs and bars they stop into,
their personal lives are revealed as entwined with the past sixty
years of upheaval in their corner of Europe. One's small history is
inseparable from the large History that is played out on the
world's stage: families are uprooted, relationships fail, and still
life goes on as it always does. Hakl's genius is his ability to
mesh the two into a seamless flow of dialogue.As the father tells
his son: "Nothing's been new in this world for more than two
billion years, it's all just variations on the same theme of
carbon, hydrogen, helium, and nitrogen." The point being that even
though Prague over the course of a century has experienced
monarchy, democracy, fascism, communism, and democratic capitalism
once again, as wars, putsches, and revolutions have come and gone,
what really has changed?The novel was awarded the Magnesia Litera
Book of the Year in 2002 and is currently being made into a feature
film due for release in 2008.
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