Waiting For The Dark, Waiting For The Light Ivan Klima

Name: Waiting For The Dark, Waiting For The Light By Ivan Klima
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Waiting For The Dark, Waiting For The Light by Ivan Klima

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Set in Czechoslovakia before, during and after the "Velvet Revolution", this is the story of Pavel, a middle-aged television cameraman working uneasily within the boundaries set by the Communist regime. When it collapses, he finds himself unprepared for the new world of supposed freedom.

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Waiting For The Dark, Waiting For The Light by Ivan Klima

Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light describes life before, during and after the cataclysm of 1989, the so-called Velvet revolution. It is the story of Pavel, a middle-aged television cameraman working uneasily within the boundaries set by the regime, who dreams of one day making a film- an uncut portrait of his times- the authorities will never allow. But after the collapse of communism, Pavel finds he is unprepared for this new world of supposedly unlimited freedoms.

About Ivan Klima

Ivan Klima was born in 1931 in Prague, where he now lives, and was editor of the journal of the Czech Writers' Union during the Prague Spring. He is the author of many plays, stories and novels, including Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light, The Ultimate Intimacy and My Golden Trades, and a non-fiction book, The Spirit of Prague, all of which are published by Granta Books. His work, which is now published worldwide, was once banned in his own country. Paul Wilson was born in 1960. He is the author of four previous novels, The Fall from Grace of Harry Angel, Days of Good Hope, Do White Whales Sing at the Edge of the World? and Noah, Noah. He lives in Darwen, Lancashire, and works in the field of learning disability.

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Sku

GOR003956969

ISBN 13

9781862071018

ISBN 10

1862071012

Title

Waiting For The Dark, Waiting For The Light by Ivan Klima

Author

Ivan Klima

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Granta Books

Year published

1998-09-10

Number of pages

240

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