Summer of Caprice ( Modern Czech Classics )

Publication series ：Modern Czech Classics

Author： Vladislav Vancura

Publisher： Karolinum Press‎

Publication year： 2014

E-ISBN: 9788024625768

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9788024611952

P-ISBN(Hardback): 9788024611952

Subject： I1 World Literature

Keyword：世界文学

Language： ENG

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Description

Summer of Caprice, a captivating comic novel first published in 1926, is a classic of Czech literature, yet it is little known elsewhere. Commonly considered untranslatable due to the complexities of the text, which is characterized by a playful narrative and an exceptional mastery of language, and its profound cultural context, it is rendered here in English that beautifully captures Vladislav Vančura’s experimental style—or, as the author himself called it, his “poetism in prose.” Mixing the archaic with the innovative, raw colloquialisms with biblical quotations, Summer of Caprice opens an uproarious window onto the Czech spirit, humor, and way of life.

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