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The Engineer of Human Souls is a labyrinthine comic novel that investigates the journey and plight of novelist Danny Smiricky, a Czech immigrant to Canada. As the novel begins, he is a professor of American literature at a college in Toronto. Out of touch with his young students, and hounded by the Czech secret police, Danny is let loose to roam between past and present, adopting whatever identity that he chooses or has been imposed upon him by History.
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The Engineer of Human Souls, Josef Škvorecký
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- Released
- 1999
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Josef Škvorecký
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Released
- 1999
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 571
- ISBN10
- 1564781992
- ISBN13
- 9781564781994
- Series
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
- Description
- The Engineer of Human Souls is a labyrinthine comic novel that investigates the journey and plight of novelist Danny Smiricky, a Czech immigrant to Canada. As the novel begins, he is a professor of American literature at a college in Toronto. Out of touch with his young students, and hounded by the Czech secret police, Danny is let loose to roam between past and present, adopting whatever identity that he chooses or has been imposed upon him by History.