Prague Tales (CEU Press Classics) (CEU Press Classics (formerly Central European Classics))

Prague Tales (CEU Press Classics) (CEU Press Classics (formerly Central European Classics))

by Michael Heim (Translator), Michael Heim (Translator), Ivan Klima (Introduction), Jan Neruda (Author)

Synopsis

Collection of Jan Neruda's intimate, wry, bitter-sweet stories of life among the inhabitants of Mala Strana, the Little Quarter of nineteenth century Prague. These finely tuned and varied vignettes established Neruda as the quintessential Czech nineteenth century realist, the Charles Dickens of a Prague becoming ever more aware of itself as a Czech, rather than an Austrian city. Prague Tales is a classic story whose influence has been acknowledged by generations of Czech writers, including Ivan Klima, who has contributed an introduction to this new translation.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 370
Publisher: Central European University Press
Published: 01 Jun 2000

ISBN 10: 9639116238
ISBN 13: 9789639116238

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Author Bio
Jan Neruda, Czech poet, novelist, essayist and journalist, (1834-1891) was both radical and European in outlook. Born of a poor family in 1834, he knew at first hand the life he evoked in Prague Tales. The stories in this collection date from the 1860s and 70s and reflect Neruda's enthusiasm for feuilletons, vivid sketches on the border between journalism and fiction.