The Cowards (1958) è il racconto comico e nero di Josef Skvorecky sulla politica del dopoguerra che fu immediatamente vietato alla pubblicazione. Nel 1945, a Kostelec, Danny suona il sassofono per la migliore jazz band della Cecoslovacchia. Il loro trombettista è appena uscito da un campo di concentramento, il loro bassista è ammesso nella band solo perché è il proprietario del basso e l'amore della vita di Danny è innamorato di un'altra. Ma Danny si dispera di più per i patrioti borghesi della sua città che giocano alla rivoluzione di fronte all'avvicinarsi dell'Armata Rossa, non da ultimo perché rovina le possibilità della band di fare buoni concerti.
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Josef Skvorecky (born in 1924) was a leading Czech novelist and dissident, a key figure in keeping alive from exile a liberal, humanistic Czech culture during the Cold War. His most famous novels are The Cowards, Miss Silver's Past, The Bass Saxophone and The Engineer of Human Souls. He died in 2012, at the age of eighty-seven.
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Paperback. Condizione: New. The Cowards (1958) is Josef Skvorecky's blackly comic tale of post-war politics that was immediately banned on publication. In 1945, in Kostelec,Danny is playing saxophone for the best jazz band in Czechoslovakia. Their trumpeter has just got out of a concentration camp, their bass player is only allowed in the band since he owns the bass, and the love of Danny's life is in love with somebody else. But Danny despairs most about the bourgeoisie patriots in his town playing at revolution in the face of the approaching Red Army - not least because it ruins the band's chance of any good gigs. Codice articolo LU-9780141047676
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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. 'Benno blew a long note and it sounded hard and very sure, so I stopped worrying about him losing his tone while he was in the concentration camp. He hadn't.'The Cowards (1958) is Josef Skvorecky's blackly comic tale of post-war politics that was immediately banned on publication. In 1945, in Kostelec,Danny is playing saxophone for the best jazz band in Czechoslovakia. Their trumpeter has just got out of a concentration camp, their bass player is only allowed in the band since he owns the bass, and the love of Danny's life is in love with somebody else. But Danny despairs most about the bourgeoisie patriots in his town playing at revolution in the face of the approaching Red Army - not least because it ruins the band's chance of any good gigs. In 1945, in Kostelec, Danny is playing saxophone for the best jazz band in Czechoslovakia. Their trumpeter has just got out of a concentration camp, their bass player is only allowed in the band since he owns the bass, and the love of Danny's life is in love with somebody else. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9780141047676
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