Angel station / by Jáchym Topol ; translated from the Czech by Alex Zucker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Topol, Jáchym, 1962- author.

Contributor:

Zucker, Alex, translator.

Standardized Title:

Anděl. English

Language:

Czech

English

Subjects (All):

Working class men--Czech Republic--Fiction.

Working class men.

Czech Republic.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

139 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First Dalkey Archive edition.

Place of Publication:

Victoria, TX : Dalkey Archive Press, 2017.

Summary:

"Angel Station takes its title from the bustling Metro stop in the Prague district of Smíchov. Until the gentrification of the late 1990s, it was a rough-and-tumble, working-class neighborhood with a sizeable Roma and Vietnamese population. Topol's novel, in sparse yet poetic language--agilely brought into English by the author's longtime translator Alex Zucker--weaves together the brutal and disturbing fates of an addict, a shopkeeper, and a religious fanatic as they each follow the path they hope will lead them to serenity: drugs, money, and faith."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781943150120

1943150125

OCLC:

958483986