This volume overviews the current social, cultural, and political scene of both countries, so that general readers come away with a solid understanding of where the Czechs and Slovaks have been and w
?Aaron’s Leap takes you on an epic journey, which is also a very intimate and personal story?entertaining, touching and brutally honest. Her characters are full of compassion and tenderness, but are n
Acclaimed Czech writer Ivan Klima shares his remarkable personal and artistic life in an intimate autobiography, spanning six decades that faced war, totalitarianism, censorship, and the fight for dem
A keen observer of culture, Czech writer Vladim!r Macura (1945–99) devoted a lifetime to illuminating the myths that defined his nation. The Mystifications of a Nation, the first book-length tr
