Karel Čapek : life and work / by Ivan Klíma ; translated from the Czech by Norma Comrada.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klíma, Ivan

Contributor:

Comrada, Norma.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Velký věk chce mít též velké mordy. English

Language:

Czech

English

Subjects (All):

Čapek, Karel, 1890-1938.

Čapek, Karel.

Authors, Czech--20th century--Biography.

Authors, Czech.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

ix, 259 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First English-language edition.

Place of Publication:

North Haven, CT : Catbird Press, [2002]

Summary:

"Karel Capek - Life and Work is a look at the important pre-war Czech author of such works as R.U.R., War with the Newts, Three Novels, and Tales from Two Pockets, through the eyes of one of the most important post-war Czech writers, Ivan Klima. It is a personal essay from a writer's more than a critic's point of view. And although originally written in Czech, the book was commissioned by Catbird Press and was therefore written with foreign readers in mind; in other words, no prior knowledge of Capek's writings or his milieu is required."--Jacket.

Contents:

A trio of geniuses

Mama's boy

Visual artist or writer?

Civilized optimism swept away

Not two sheaves, but rather thousands of stalks

From tutor to editor

The shy boy as robber

Olga : love with a secret

The first report on the end of civilization : R.U.R.

The second report on the end of civilization : The absolute at large

A morality play about insects and people

To live briefly but fully

Personal crisis and flight to Italy

Return of the robber

A bad dream

A protest against ideologies

How to warn of destruction

Important for the nation

Mary and Martha

The stolen document and other tales

The end of the robber

The story of a man hurrying towards death

Looking for love

The failure of the intellectuals will make barbarians of us all

The third report on the end of civilization : War with the newts

Do you wish merry me

Artist v. newspaperman

It could have been a book about soldiers or the crew of a ship

Anyone can go to his death, but to lose someone

We are all increasingly alone.

Notes:

"A Garrigue book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

Other Format:

Online version: Klíma, Ivan. Velký věk chce mít též velké mordy. English. Karel Čapek.

ISBN:

0945774532

9780945774532

OCLC:

48920194