Description
Jan Burian's book A Plea for Today's Times and Other Stories from 2010-2013 contains ninety essays that have been published in the weekly magazine Týdeník Rozhlas over the past three years. Just like in the previous Phantom in the Shopping Center (2009), the author once again offers readers journeys through space and time, so those with a taste for adventure will find themselves in a cemetery in Patagonia, experience a tumultuous voyage to Christiansø in the Baltic Sea, return to Portugal around 1900 accompanied by Jiří Guth-Jarkovský, and take a train journey across a railway bridge designed by Gustav Eiffel. For those who prefer the present, they will read about how today 'beyond the Pyrenees' they are coping with the economic crisis and whether it is still possible to hear authentic fado in Lisbon. Patriots will find reflections on spreadable butter, the state of hares and citizens in Přední Kopanina, Maradona's or Klaus's hand of God, or what cats can inspire us to after the elections (not just direct ones)...
Information
Author: Burian Jan
Publication date: March 11, 2013
Manufacturer: Galén, spol. s r.o.
Genres: Czech and slovak fiction, Novels, Books, Fiction
Pages: 214
ISBN/EAN: 9788072629640