The Sound of the Sundial
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.56 (995 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B014O59XV8 |
| Format Type | : | |
| Number of Pages | : | 188 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
State Department to attend the International Writing Program at the prestigious Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Her book Heaven Has No Floor (Odeon, 2010) is a personal chronicle of her fight with illness and the looming possibility of death. Among his literary publications are Bohumil Hrabal: Pirouettes on a Postage Stamp (Prague: Karolinum, 2008) and Vít?zslav Nezval: Valerie and her Week of Wonders (Prague: Twisted Spoon Press & Jeppe Press, 2005). She was 44 years old.David Short graduated with a BA in Russian with French from the University of Birmingham (United Kingdom) in 1965 and spent 1966–72 in Prague, studying, working, and translating. For this work she won the Magnesia Litera again in 2011, but lost the battle for her life at the end of that same year. He taught Czech and Sl
She was 44 years old.David Short graduated with a BA in Russian with French from the University of Birmingham (United Kingdom) in 1965 and spent 1966–72 in Prague, studying, working, and translating. She turned to writing full time after many years of working in the corporate financial sector, and won instant acclaim for her first novel, The Sound of the Sundial (Kniní klub, 2001) receiving the Czech Book Club Literary Award and the Magnesia Litera Award for Best New Discovery in
It is at once a deeply personal narrative and an homage to the lost relationship of the Czech, German, and Jewish peoples. The Sound of the Sundial is the internationally acclaimed novel by Czech author Hana Andronikova, told over the course of a single day and night, but spanning three continents and much of the twentieth century. In this intimate and affecting love story about a German-Czech builder and his Jewish wife, Andronikova sends her readers on a captivating journey through time and memory, from the Czech town of Zlín in the 1920s to Calcutta in the 1930s, Theresienstadt and Auschwitz during World War II, Toronto in th
Powerful book Amazon Customer We all think we know about WWII, Jews, concentration camps and then a book like this comes along. And it all becomes real. Not so scary and overwhelming that your emotions block it. Just people who happened to live at the wrong time in the wrong place. There, but for the grace of God. Wonderful translation by David Short.. "Lovely book, great read" according to Jeremy. Beautifully written, this translation takes the reader on a voyage through eastern Europe and India from the 1920's - 19Lovely book, great read Jeremy Beautifully written, this translation takes the reader on a voyage through eastern Europe and India from the 1920's - 1940's. The work constantly flits through time and space, though it is done so artfully that the reader is never at a loss for where and when they are. The imagery is vivid, the story poignant, the settings bursting with color and characters. This book is worth the read for the language alone, and adding in the story and characters make this a true treasure.. 0's. The work constantly flits through time and space, though it is done so artfully that the reader is never at a loss for where and when they are. The imagery is vivid, the story poignant, the settings bursting with color and characters. This book is worth the read for the language alone, and adding in the story and characters make this a true treasure.. A lyrical saga of a family's adventures and nighmares amid enduring love jimleemo A magnificent tale of a family whose destiny takes it from the comforts of pre-WW Chechoslovakia to the teaming and thrilling exoticism of India through the inhumane brutality of Nazi concentration camps and gas chambers and ends with a tortuous memory-filled existance in Toronto. This emotionally grinding story is told in flashbacks and from the perspectives of the main characters. It boasts the most horrific depiction of life in the Nazi prisons I'very ever read. Published originally in Czech in 2001, this lyrically written novel is most timely today and deserves a large