Česká beletrie v anglickém jazyce (Czech Fiction in English)

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted...

One of the most 'original and compelling pieces of political writing' to come out of the Eastern Bloc, published in Vintage Classics on its fortieth anniversary. Václav Havel’s remarkable and rousing essay on the tyranny of apathy, with a new introduction by Timothy Snyder Cowed by life under Communist Party rule, a...

Kniha "How I Came to Know Fish" spadá do žánru Cizojazyčná literatura. Autorem je Pavel Ota. Kniha je brožovaná. Obsahuje 128 stran. Jedná se o počin nakladatelství "Penguin Books" z roku 2025. Přejeme příjemné čtení.

About The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War Jaroslav Hašek’s black satire, the inspiration for such works as Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 Good-natured and garrulous, Švejk becomes the Austro-Hungarian army’s most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of the First World War –...

Sparkling with comic genius and narrative exuberance, I Served the King of England is a story of how the unbelievable came true. Its remarkable hero, Ditie, is a hotel waiter who rises to become a millionaire and then loses it all again against the backdrop of events in Prague from the German invasion to the victory...

Offers a wide range of philosophical speculations and it descants on a variety of styles. This book draws together the Czechoslovakia of the Prague Spring and the Russian invasion, the philosophy of Nietzsche, and the love affairs of a number of heartbreakingly familiar characters.

The Gardener's Year is a charming and light-hearted insight into the life of an amateur gardener. Structured loosely around what to plant, grow or cultivate each month, Karel Capek takes us on a rollicking journey through a year in his own small garden.Complete and unabridged. Part of the Macmillan Collector's...

FROM THE AUTHOR OF SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA, SOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX FILM STARRING ADAM SANDLER AND CAREY MULLIGAN'Ambitious, exciting . . . touches of Don DeLillo' Daily Telegraph'A Kurt Vonnegut-like satirical touch' New York Times'Inventive and heartfelt . . . packs a walloping punch' EsquireAdela, diagnosed with a...

A brutally funny, carnivalesque novel about love, death, and survival, from the Czech Republic's greatest living author Tab, an itinerant Czech actor, travels around Europe on the theater circuit with his partner, Sona, and their two young sons, attending festivals and performing plays. Confronted with growing...

Nejvýznamnější román Boženy Němcové vyšel v nakladatelství Vitalis jak v anglickém, tak v německém jazyce. Bez jakéhokoli sentimentu líčí Božena Němcová nejen obyčeje a zvyky na venkově v Čechách a ve starém Rakousku, ale také lidi, kteří za jejího dětství určovali život v zalesněném údolí řeky Úpy: faráře, učitele,...