Pražský slabikář - Od Kafky k Havlovi a zpět – Kaczorowski Aleksander (2022)

A literary guide to the Czech twentieth century. Kafka, Hašek, Čapek, Škvorecký, Kundera, Havel… for the Czech reader, these are classic names, inextricably linked to domestic culture. We don't think about them; we don't have to discover them. And that's a bit of a shame. Just the idea that one encounters their texts and fates in adulthood, randomly, unexpectedly, and adventurously, is exciting. With The Prague Primer by Polish essayist and writer Aleksander Kaczorowski, this idea becomes a possibility. The author not only introduces the best and most absurd of domestic literature to the originally Polish audience but also shares his experiences and insights from his own exploration of Czech literature and culture. Even notoriously well-known stories and works are thus presented to the Czech reader in an unexpected light, as if we are encountering the domestic giants for the first time, fascinated by the strange world of artistic Prague. Simply put — the right primer for adults.