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Winner of the Egon Hostovský Prize as the best Czech book of the year, this epic novel powerfully captures the sense of dislocation that followed the Czechs’ newfound freedom in 1989. More than just the story of its young protagonist—who is part businessman, part gang member, part drifter—it is a novel that includes terrifying dream scenes, Czech and American Indian legends, a nightmarish Eastern European flea market, comic scenes about the literary world, and an oddly tender story of the love between the protagonist and his spiritual sister.
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City, Sister, Silver, Jáchym Topol, Alex Zucker
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- Released
- 2000
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- Title
- City, Sister, Silver
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jáchym Topol, Alex Zucker
- Publisher
- Catbird Press
- Released
- 2000
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0945774451
- ISBN13
- 9780945774457
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Czech Literature, Contemporary Fiction, Czech & Slovak history, Literary Fiction, Adapted for Film, Czech Republic, Magical Realism, Czechoslovakia, Socialism, Crime Rate, Drug Addicts, 1990s, 1980s, Year 1989
- Original title
- Sestra
- Rating
- 4.2 out of 5
- Description
- Winner of the Egon Hostovský Prize as the best Czech book of the year, this epic novel powerfully captures the sense of dislocation that followed the Czechs’ newfound freedom in 1989. More than just the story of its young protagonist—who is part businessman, part gang member, part drifter—it is a novel that includes terrifying dream scenes, Czech and American Indian legends, a nightmarish Eastern European flea market, comic scenes about the literary world, and an oddly tender story of the love between the protagonist and his spiritual sister.