But Crime Does Punish - Couverture souple

Johanides, Ján

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 8024650142 ISBN 13 : 9788024650142

Editeur : Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic, 2023

Synopsis

A haunting novel of post-Soviet Slovakia, centering on an enigmatic one-sided conversation.

"So, as you see, I am familiar with the case. However, we can't discuss it unless you learn more about some other court cases, so that you can compare your father's trial with other, more baffling cases, and see it in the context of the madness that reigned at the time."

Ján Johanides' riveting Slovak novel immediately thrusts you into the midst of a bewildering second-person dialogue, bestowing the reader with the role of a silent partner in a one-sided conversation with a mysterious archivist. As the story unfurls piece by piece, it becomes clear that the archivist, who can't seem to stay on topic, has both a tragic history and the key to unlocking your family's darkest secret, a secret that may or may not involve the Czechoslovak secret police, American and Soviet intelligence, Israeli politics, and a tire full of dollars.
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Set after the fall of the Soviet Union and the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, But Crimes Do Punish is awash with paranoia, revealing how the madness of the Communist era continues to bleed into the instability of the present. Written in 1995, this haunting novel--the first work of Slovak fiction published by Karolinum Press--evokes the spirit of John le Carré and the style of Carlos Fuentes while illuminating issues that still plague post-Communist Europe.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Ján Johanides (1934-2008) was a prominent Slovak author, playwright, and screenwriter.

Julia and Peter Sherwood are based in London and work as freelance translators from and into a number of Central and East European languages. Julia Sherwood was born and grew up in Bratislava, Slovakia, and spent more than twenty years in the NGO sector in London before turning to freelance translation some ten years ago.

Peter and Julia Sherwood are based in London and work as freelance translators from and into a number of Central and East European languages. Peter Sherwood's first translations from the Hungarian appeared fifty years ago, but he was an academic for over forty years before retiring and devoting himself more or less full-time to translating.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 8024650142
• ISBN 13: 9788024650142
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 110
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible