Sold out but wanted!
The Swell Season
A Text on the Most Important Things in Life
Authors
Book rating
Parameters
More about the book
In the six tales of The Swell Season, Skvorecky traces the libidinous ardours of young Danny, a teenager growing up in the forties. These wonderful tales, full of wry humour and unexpected plot twists, seem to add up to a fond portrait of an innocent era - this is, however, wartime Czechoslovakia, and the fragile world of the adolescent falls under the shadow of the Nazi presence. A winter's tale -- Oh, Maytime witch! -- Charleston in a cage -- A view from the tower -- A family hotel -- Sad autumn blues
Language
Book purchase
The Swell Season, Josef Škvorecký
- Language
- Released
- 1983
- Binding
- (Paperback)
We’ll email you as soon as we track it down.
Payment methods
We’re missing your review here.
- Title
- The Swell Season
- Subtitle
- A Text on the Most Important Things in Life
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Josef Škvorecký
- Publisher
- Chatto&Windus
- Released
- 1983
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 070113917X
- ISBN13
- 9780701139179
- Series
- Tags
- Historical Themes, Czech Literature, Love, Short Stories, Friendship, Czech & Slovak history, Wars, School, Coming Of Age, Adapted for Film, Prague, Czech Republic, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Short Story Novels
- Original title
- Prima sezóna
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
- Description
- In the six tales of The Swell Season, Skvorecky traces the libidinous ardours of young Danny, a teenager growing up in the forties. These wonderful tales, full of wry humour and unexpected plot twists, seem to add up to a fond portrait of an innocent era - this is, however, wartime Czechoslovakia, and the fragile world of the adolescent falls under the shadow of the Nazi presence. A winter's tale -- Oh, Maytime witch! -- Charleston in a cage -- A view from the tower -- A family hotel -- Sad autumn blues