Others' Paradise: Tales of Old Prague - Couverture souple

Leppin, Paul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 808626453X ISBN 13 : 9788086264530

Editeur : Twisted Spoon Press, 2016

Synopsis

Toward the end of his life Leppin wrote: "Prague remains my deepest experience. Its conflict, its mystery, its rat-catcher's beauty have ever provided my poetic efforts with new inspiration and meaning." Others' Paradise represents one of the most intense expressions of this experience. Beginning with the highly imagistic "The Doors of Life," the eight stories contained in this volume detail the contours of the lives and visions of a collection of Prague inhabitants, from a prostitute bound to the decay of the old Jewish quarter, to a man caught in the memory of a lost love, and a shoemaker whose knowledge of the world has been constricted to the view from the window of his cellar workroom. Amidst their differing circumstances what these characters share is an intense desire for lasting human contact and the fated disappointment of all such aspirations. Binding their personal histories, woven into their most intimate details, is Prague itself, the city whose nature, mythical and yet all-too-real, gives shape and force to their desires while simultaneously determining their frustrations.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Paul Leppin was born in Prague on November 27, 1878. Beginning with the appearance of his first novel, The Doors of Life, in 1901, his poetry, prose, and criticism appeared regularly in Prague and Germany over the next thirty years. Leppin was also one of the few German writers to have close contacts with the Czech literary community, and his contribution to the city's literature and culture was recognized both in 1934, when he was awarded chiller Memorial Prize, and in 1938, when he received the Czechoslovak Ministry of Culture Award. He died in Prague of syphilis on April 10, 1945.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Twisted Spoon Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 808626453X
• ISBN 13: 9788086264530
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 134
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• Personne responsable: non disponible