Summer of Caprice
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Author
Contributions
- Mark Corner - Translator
Publication
2006 - Karolinum Press
Language
English
Word Count
51,000 words, Guess
Page Count
204 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL26140646M
- ISBN-139788024611952
- ISBN-108024611953
- OCLC Control Number71826880
- OCLC Control Numbersummerofcaprice0000vanc
Classifications
- LCCPG5038.V3 R6 1971
Description
Vladislav Vancura's Summer of Caprice is commonly considered untranslatable. The playful style of the narrative, the level of language mastering and also the development of the metatextual context of the last 80 years together form this unmistakable classic of Czech literature. Looking from this perspective our English edition is an experiment, thanks to the translation by Mark Corner on one side which inevitably - as every other translation - is an interpretation, and the original illustrations by Jiri Grus and the typography by Zdenek Ziegler on the other side. However, it is an experiment aiming to present an understanding of Czech spirit, humour and way of life.
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