{"product_id":"9788024660417","title":"The Last Thing – Lahola Leopold (2025)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSlovak Jewish writer Leopold Lahola escaped deportation to a concentration camp and fought in the resistance, only to be forced into exile by the postwar communist regime. He emerged from obscurity during the brief thaw of the Prague Spring, when he was able to return to his homeland and establish himself as a playwright and film director. His short-story collection The Last Thing appeared in Slovakia in 1968, the year of his death from a fatal heart attack in January, shortly before his fiftieth birthday and just as the stories finally appeared in book form. The nine stories range from the prewar rise of fascism and its dangers for the Jewish community through the concentration camps and the partisan struggle against the Germans, ending with a devastating account of what the war had destroyed and taken away. Lahola writes beyond conventional patterns, exploring moral ambiguity rather than a simple opposition between good and evil. He presents the heroism of partisan fighters alongside their cruelty and pettiness, and shows how bravery and madness, kindness and stupidity can coexist. Together, the stories offer stark and compelling perspectives on the tragedy and grandeur of the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nakladatelství Karolinum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54025213182299,"sku":"9788024660417","price":38.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1787\/2513\/files\/0636007.jpg?v=1789062698","url":"https:\/\/czechmovie.com\/products\/9788024660417","provider":"czechmovie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}