The Swell Season: A Text on the Most Important Things in ...
If you like Milan Kundera...: If you like Milan Kundera check out this author. He speaks of human folly with humor honesty and tenderness. He addresses major human issues with incredible specificity and with a little more sensitivity than Kundera. Enjoy. [... more]
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Bride of Texas, The
Author: Josef Skvorecky Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 891.8635 EAN: 9780679444114 ISBN: 0679444114 Number Of Pages: 436 Publication Date: 1996-01-23 Release Date: 1996-01-23 [... more]
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The Cowards (Neglected Books of the Twentieth Century)
Zbabelci: This semi-autobiographical novel is the first in a series by Czech-cum-Canadian author Josef Skvorecky that charts the life of Danny Smiricky, a Czech sometimes-saxophonist and full-time womanizer. The story opens during WWII in German-occupied [... more]
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Mournful Demeanour of Lieutenant Boruvka: Dective Tales Mysterious, Witty, Entertaining Stories ... About Murder.: Lieutenant Boruvka often has a serious temperament ... however, he is sometimes caught in circumstances which contain subtle and humourous episodes that are not lost on him. His rigorous training [... more]
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When Eve Was Naked: A Journey Through Life A life in short stories: This is an excellent introduction to Josef Skvorecky's work; one glimpses his brilliant humor and heartbreaking honesty in these short stories. One really must read "The Engineer of Human Souls," but if you want to get [... more]
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The Engineer of Human Souls You will miss these characters: I first read "Engineer of Human Souls" in 1984. Every few years I start to miss Danny and Nadia, and then I know it's time to re-read it. Sometimes I jump into the story again partway through. Every time the [... more]
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The Miracle Game Humourous tale of Czech horrors: Skvorecky has done an interesting thing here, he has intertwined a serious story of the horrors of living in Czecheslovakia with a bawdy romp about a young oversexed man who teaches in a all girls high school. We follow [... more]
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Sins for Father Knox Author: Josef Skvorecky Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 891.8635 EAN: 9780393307870 ISBN: 0393307875 Number Of Pages: 272 Publication Date: 1991-08-01 [... more]
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Two Murders in My Double Life Author: Josef Skvorecky Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780374280253 ISBN: 0374280258 Number Of Pages: 175 Publication Date: 2001-05 [... more]
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When Eve Was Naked: Stories of a Life's Journey A life in short stories: This is an excellent introduction to Josef Skvorecky's work; one glimpses his brilliant humor and heartbreaking honesty in these short stories. One really must read "The Engineer of Human Souls," but if you want to get [... more]
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