Thomas Crowell, 1903, early printing, Very Good++picture cover cloth hardback with glossy illustrations by E. Boyd Smith, NOT "exlib"
Jan Vladislav Books
January 15, 1923 – March 3, 2009
Jan Vladislav, born Ladislav Bambásek, was a Czech poet and translator who mastered seven languages. His early fascination with foreign literature, sparked in a school library, laid the foundation for a career dedicated to bridging linguistic and cultural divides. Despite facing censorship and exile, he persisted in his literary pursuits, contributing significantly to both samizdat and officially published works. Vladislav's translations and original writings are marked by a profound understanding of diverse literary traditions and cultural contexts.
The Bluebird
- 55 pages
- 2 hours of reading
Contents: pt. 1. Six texts by Václav Havel -- Letter to Dr Gustáv Husák -- The power of the powerless -- Six asides about culture -- Politics and conscience -- Thriller -- An anatomy of reticence -- pt. 2. Sixteen texts for Václav Havel -- Catastrophe / Samuel Beckett -- Courtesy towards God / Heinrich Böll -- Prague : a poem, not disappearing / Timothy Garton Ash -- Ex-prophets and storysellers / Jiří Gruša -- From Variations and reflections on topics in Václav Havel's prison letters / Ladislav Hejdánek -- Citizen versus state / Harry Järv -- The chaste centaur / Pavel Kohout -- Conversations 36 / Iva Kotralá -- Candide had to be destroyed / Milan Kundera -- I think about you a great deal / Arthur Miller -- When I was still living in Prague / Zdena Salivarová -- The sorrowful satisfaction of the powerless / Milan Šimečka -- I saw Václav Havel for the last time / Josef Škvorecký -- Introduction to The memorandum / Tom Stoppard -- Letter to a prisoner / Zdeněk Urbǎnek -- On the house / Lukvík Vaculík.
Keltische Märchen
- 160 pages
- 6 hours of reading
Nirgends sollte der kleine Lommel hingehen, keinem die Tür öffnen. Aber wenn der Fuchs ihn einlädt, auf seinem Schwanz spazieren zu reiten, hält ihn nichts.
