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Prague : a traveler's literary companion

Title
Prague : a traveler's literary companion / edited by Paul Wilson.
Publication
San Francisco : Whereabouts Press, [1995], ©1995.

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Wilson, Paul R. (Paul Robert), 1941-
Description
xiv, 242 pages : map; 19 cm.
Series Statement
A Traveler's literary companion
Uniform Title
Traveler's literary companion.
Subject
  • Czech prose literature
  • Prague (Czech Republic) > Description and travel
Contents
  • Prologue / Paul Wilson. I See a Great City / Daniela Hodrova -- Petrin. Bells / Jiri Karasek ze Lvovic -- Hradcany. The First Vision / Gustav Meyrink -- Mala Strana. What Shall We Do with It? / Jan Neruda. The Little Bulldog / Karel Pecka -- Kampa. American Heating / Jindriska Smetanova -- Charles Bridge. The Sword of St. Wenceslas / Frantisek Langer. A Psychiatric Mystery / Jaroslav Hasek -- The Old Jewish Quarter. The Golem / Gustav Meyrink -- The Old Town. The Legend of the Old Town Clock / Alois Jirasek. Description of a Struggle / Franz Kafka. GM / Gustav Meyrink. The Hotel Pariz / Bohumil Hrabal. The Case of the Washerwoman / Egon Erwin Kisch. The Magic Flute / Bohumil Hrabal. The Past / Michal Ajvaz -- Prague. The Receipt / Karei Capek. Mendelssohn Is on the Roof / Jiri Weil. A Prague Eclogue / Jiri Kovtun. A Race Through Prague / Ota Pavel. Invasion Day / Ivan Divis. A Visit to the Train Station / Jachym Topol.
  • Tenor Sax Solo from Washington / Josef Skvorecky. The Spirit of Prague / Ivan Klima.
ISBN
1883513014
LCCN
94048122
OCLC
  • 31753956
  • ocm31753956
  • SCSB-14266874
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries