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Karel Capek : Life and Work by Ivan Klíma (2002, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherCatbird Press

ISBN-100945774532

ISBN-139780945774532

eBay Product ID (ePID)2253885

Product Key Features

Original LanguageCzech

Book TitleKarel Capek : Life and Work

Number of Pages266 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2002

TopicLiterary, European / Eastern (See Also Russian & Former Soviet Union)

GenreLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorIvan Klíma

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight16.7 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2002-001594

Preface byWechsler, Robert

Reviews"[Klíma] brings a novelist's perspective to the proceedings, allowing readers to appreciate the depth and thematic complexity of Capek's writing. The result is a valuable introduction to one of the little-appreciated but significant figures of modern world literature." - Library Journal, "[Klma] brings a novelist's perspective to the proceedings, allowing readers to appreciate the depth and thematic complexity of Capek's writing. The result is a valuable introduction to one of the little-appreciated but significant figures of modern world literature." - Library Journal

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal891.8/6252 B

SynopsisContemporary Czech novelist and playwright Ivan Klma has transformed his lifelong admiration for the work of the great Czech novelist and playwright Karel Capek into an extended personal essay on Capek's life and work. Written with letters and other material not available to earlier biographers and critics, Klma reflects on the effects of the author's personal relationships and scrutinizes his artistic and philosophical influences. This is not merely a biography or a critical work covering all of Capek's writings; it is a wide-ranging study of the life and work of a great artist as examined from the perspective of another eminent writer who grew up in Capek's shadow.

LC Classification NumberPG5038.C3Z752413