Description
This book presents 189 stories that took place in Prague over the last two hundred years, showing that the recent past can be just as dramatic and tangled as the medieval period. Prague’s residents included Franz Kafka, Jaroslav Seifert, Bohumil Hrabal, Jaroslav Hašek, Jan Patočka, Jiří Dienstbier and Václav Havel. Occupying armies marched through the city; fighting took place for the radio station in Vinohrady, Czech patriots were executed in Kobylisy, dissidents were detained in Ruzyně, and the assassination of the Reich Protector was carried out in Prague. Once-industrial districts such as Smíchov, Karlín and Libeň also made history during the industrial age, when poverty existed alongside success, progress and hope for a better tomorrow. This is not an exhaustive historical study, but a distinctive artistic and literary expression by an acclaimed author who loves her city.
Informations
Author: Fučíková Renáta
Language: Czech
Publication date: 9 novembre 2015
Manufacturer: MAHARAL s.r.o.
Genres: Non-fiction literature, Books, History and facts
Type: Hardcover books
Pages: 192
ISBN/EAN: 9788072525997