A Bohemian youth /
Josef Hirsal's experimental novel is a Dada-like romp through the life of a young man born into a Bohemian peasant family. Told in five parts, the novel begins with a "word to the wise," moves on to the text proper, continues with notes and with notes to the notes, and ends with a not...
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| Format: | Llibre |
| Idioma: | English Czech |
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Evanston, Ill. :
Northwestern University Press,
1997.
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| Col·lecció: | Writings from an unbound Europe
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| Sumari: | Josef Hirsal's experimental novel is a Dada-like romp through the life of a young man born into a Bohemian peasant family. Told in five parts, the novel begins with a "word to the wise," moves on to the text proper, continues with notes and with notes to the notes, and ends with a note on the notes to the notes. More than just a tongue-in-cheek parody of a literary memoir, however, A Bohemian Youth is social history of the first rank: it is a glimpse of the First Czechoslovak Republic as seen through the eyes of a young peasant firmly grounded in the provinces. It abounds in the kind of intimate detail not found in history books - the manners of a Slovak servant girl; the mores of the town's homosexual; the sounds of popular music; the way people eat in wartime. At the same time, A Bohemian Youth is a wrenching and hilarious tale of its hero's emotional and sexual awakening. |
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| Descripció física: | vi, 87 p. ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0810115921 (pbk. : alk. paper) 081011223X (cloth : alk. paper) |