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We Were a Handful (Modern Czech Classics) - Softcover

Polácek, Karel

 
9788024632858: We Were a Handful (Modern Czech Classics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 8024632853 ISBN 13: 9788024632858
Verlag: KAROLINUM PR, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

A favorite work of Czech humor, We Were a Handful depicts the adventures of five boys from a small Czech town through the diary of Petr Bajza, the grocer’s son. Written by Karel Polácek at the height of World War II before his deportation to Auschwitz in 1944, this book draws on the happier years of Polácek’s own childhood as inspiration. As we look upon the world through Petr’s eyes, we, too, marvel at the incomprehensible world of grownups; join in fights between gangs of neighborhood kids; and laugh at the charming language of boys, a major source of the book’s humor. This translation at last offers English-language readers the opportunity to share in Petr’s (and Polácek’s) childhood and reminds us that joy and laughter are possible even in the darkest times.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Karel Polácek (1892–1944) was a Czech novelist and journalist. Of Jewish descent, he was transported to several concentration camps during World War II before dying at Gleiwitz. Mark Corner is a translator, author, and lecturer in religious and European studies who lives and works in Brussels.

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Verlag
KAROLINUM PR
Erscheinungsdatum
2017
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
8024632853
ISBN 13 
9788024632858
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
400
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