A Sensitive Person by Jachym Topol
A brutally funny, carnivalesque novel about love, death, and survival, from the Czech Republics greatest living author
Shortlisted for the 2024 EBRD Literature Prize, sponsored by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
“A superb, mesmerizing novel, reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy’s Suttree and Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, set against the background of the permanent Russian threat to Central Europe”—Misha Glenny, BBC broadcaster and journalist
Praise for the Czech Edition:
“A picaresque romp of black humor and fantasy, the novel teems with extraordinary characters, but it is also urgently contemporary.”—James A. Hopkin, Times Literary Supplement
“As long as Europe inspires such works of art, all is not lost.”—Jorg Plath, Neue Zürcher Zeitung
“Fast-paced and dazzling.”—Dennis Wagner, Kultur.21
“A superb, mesmerizing novel, reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy’s Suttree and Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, set against the background of the permanent Russian threat to Central Europe”—Misha Glenny, BBC broadcaster and journalist
Praise for the Czech Edition:
“A picaresque romp of black humor and fantasy, the novel teems with extraordinary characters, but it is also urgently contemporary.”—James A. Hopkin, Times Literary Supplement
“As long as Europe inspires such works of art, all is not lost.”—Jorg Plath, Neue Zürcher Zeitung
“Fast-paced and dazzling.”—Dennis Wagner, Kultur.21
Jáchym Topol is a novelist, poet, dramatist, and journalist. His work has been translated into twenty-five languages. He lives in Prague. Alex Zucker has translated novels by such Czech authors as Topol, Bianca Bellová, Petra Hülová, and Tomáš Zmeškal. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780300247220 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300247222 |
| Title | A Sensitive Person |
| Author | Jachym Topol |
| Series | The Margellos World Republic Of Letters |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2023-01-10 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |