Are there particularly recommended books - by Vaclav Havel for example?
2006-09-27 09:59:06 · 5 answers · asked by bovie 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Have read nearly all of Kafka already and Kundera too!
2006-09-27 20:13:26 · update #1
Try Bohumil Hrabal, although I tried him and didn't like him (thought he was too whimsical). Kundera loves him, mind you. 'Closely Observed Trains', his WW2 novel, was made into a fine movie in the 60s.
Josef Skvorecky is Czech. He's good in a low-key, droll kind of way. Jaroslav Hasek wrote one of the great 20th century novels, 'The Good Soldier Svejk', very cynical and very funny.
In poetry, the only contemporary guy I've read is Miroslav Holub. He's very good; laconic and unpoetic and often quite chilling.
2006-09-28 14:47:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-12 16:19:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the unbearable lightness of being by milan kundera. it's a bit cerebral but worth a read
2006-09-27 12:12:32 · answer #3 · answered by Arturo Bandini 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do not you start with Czech to English dictionary? Or may be Czech travel guide. Also Czech newspaper are pretty interesting.
2006-09-27 10:17:21 · answer #4 · answered by WISEMAN 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can't go far wrong with Franz Kafka, 'The Trial,' 'The Castle,' 'America' and 'Metamorphosis.'
2006-09-27 12:18:17 · answer #5 · answered by mikefitzhistorian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋