When Eve Was Naked: Stories of a Life's Journey - Brossura

Skvorecký, Josef

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ISBN 10: 0312421737 ISBN 13: 9780312421731

Casa editrice: Picador, 2003

Riassunto

A chronological collection of stories follows the author's life and documents his witness to many of the twentieth century's milestones, from the innocence of pre-war Prague through the Nazi occupation and World War II, during which the main character sees a Jewish teacher taken away, flees Czechoslovakia, and takes a professorship in Canada. Reprint.

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L'autore

Josef Skvorecky is the author of The Bass Saxophone and The Engineer of Human Souls, among other works. He is the recipient of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and Canada's Governor General's Award. He lives in Toronto, Ontario, and Venice, Florida.

Product Description

This autobiography in stories takes us through a most remarkable life, from the innocence of prewar Prague through the horrors of the Nazi occupation and World War II. In the title story, narrated by Skvorecky's alter-ego Danny Smiricky, seven-year-old Danny falls in love for the first time; at sixteen he hides in a railway station and watches as his Jewish teacher is herded onto a train and taken away; and in 1968, as Russian tanks rolled into Prague, vSkvorecky flees Czechoslovakia, taking Danny with him. In the collection's final stories, Danny begins his tenure as Professor Smiricky at a Canadian university and attempts to come to terms with the politically innocent and self-centered youth that flock to his courses.

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• Editore: Picador
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0312421737
• ISBN 13: 9780312421731
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 368