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This rediscovered masterpiece captures a chilling moment in the stifling early days of Communist Czechoslovakia. 1950s Prague is a city of numerous daily terrors, of political tyranny, corruption and surveillance. There is no way of knowing whether one s neighbor is spying for the government, or what one s supposed friend will say under pressure to a State Security agent. A loyal Party member might be imprisoned or executed as quickly as a traitor; innocence means nothing for a person caught in a government trap. When a little boy is murdered at the cinema, the ensuing investigation sheds a little too much light on the personal lives of the cinema s female ushers, each of whom is hiding a dark secret of her own. From the Hardcover edition.

This rediscovered masterpiece captures a chilling moment in the stifling early days of Communist Czechoslovakia. 1950s Prague is a city of numerous daily terrors, of political tyranny, corruption and surveillance. There is no way of knowing whether one s neighbor is spying for the government, or what one s supposed friend will say under pressure…

Kniha uvádí téměř doslovný přepis rozhovoru známé filmové dokumentaristky Heleny Třeštíkové s překladatelkou a spisovatelkou Hedou Margoliovou Kovályovou (1919–2010), který se odehrál v srpnu roku 2000 ve spisovatelčině bytě v Praze během natáčení filmového dokumentu o ní. Zachycuje její autentické vzpomínky, někdy nepředstavitelně kruté a neuvěřitelné, na dobu mládí a pobyt v koncentráku, na porevoluční zmatky a na události kolem popravy jejího prvního muže Rudolfa Margolia. V rozhovoru je mnoho informací, které nebyly uvedeny v autobiografii Na vlastní kůži, kterou Heda Margoliová Kovályová napsala v americkém exilu v 70. letech. Velmi přínosná je též forma rozhovoru – otázky zkušené dokumentaristky vedou vyprávění k tématům, o kterých by dotazovaná sama asi neměla odvahu mluvit. Jedná se o silný a čtivý příběh zajímavé a výrazné ženy, která odpovídá s velkým nadhledem daným bohatými životními zkušenostmi, díky nimž dospívá k pozoruhodné vyrovnanosti.

Ocitáme se v Praze v 50. letech 20. století, v blíže neurčeném roce. V úzké uličce před malým pražským kinem byl zavražděn policejní kapitán. Během vyšetřování se před námi rozplétají životy žen, které kino svedlo dohromady. Pracují tu jako uvaděčky nebo pokladní a každá z nich by mohla mít k vraždě důvod... Celý příběh je prostoupen stísněnou atmosférou tehdejší doby, strachem a podezíravostí, která mezi lidmi vládla.

The daughter of prosperous Jews, Heda Kovaly found her world turned upside down with the German annexation of Czechoslovakia. Deported to Lodz Ghetto in 1941 and then to Auschwitz, where her parents were murdered, in 1944, Kovaly made a miraculous escape from a column of prisoners being marched to Bergen-Belsen in early 1945. On reuniting with her…

This is the story of Moses Herzog, a great sufferer, joker, mourner, and charmer. Although his life steadily disintegrates around him - he has failed as a writer and teacher, as a father, and has lost the affection of his wife to his best friend - Herzog sees himself as a survivor, both of his private disasters and those of the age. He writes unsent letters to friends and enemies, colleagues and famous people, revealing his wry perception of the world around him, and the innermost secrets of his heart.

Private Detective Philip Marlow is in trouble. He witnesses a murder and knows who the killer is, but for some reason the police don't want to find the murderer, so Marlowe decides to find out for himself.

Raymond Chandler's fifth novel has Philip Marlowe going to Hollywood as he explores the underworld of the glitter capital, trying to find a sweet young thing's missing brother. Along the way he uncovers a little blackmail, a lot of drugs, and more than enough murder.

A memoir of events in Czechoslovakia surrounding the infamous Slansky Trial, in which the author's young husband was among 11 executed Jews, victims of Stalinism, who were "rehabilitated" years after they were hanged.