The Spirit of Prague by Ivan Klima

The Spirit of Prague by Ivan Klima

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Ivan Klima was a witness to the Nazi occupation, to the Stalinist regimes of the 1950s, the Prague Spring in 1968, the resistance of Charter 77 and the Velvet Revolution in 1989. Klima invokes the spirit of Prague and the people that have shaped and sustained him throughout his writing career.

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The Spirit of Prague by Ivan Klima

This is a collection of essays, charting five critical decades in the history of Czechoslovakia. Ivan Klima was a witness to the horrors of Nazi occupation, to the Stalinist regimes of the 1950s, the hopes of the Prague Spring in 1968, the resistance of Charter 77 and the triumph of the Velvet Revolution in 1989. Now, as his country faces further division in the 1990s, Klima invokes the spirit of Prague and the people that have shaped and sustained him throughout his writing career.
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ISBN 13 9780140140682
ISBN 10 0140140689
Title The Spirit of Prague
Author Ivan Klima
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1994-11-14
Number of pages 192
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