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Bringing Up Girls in Bohemia

By Michal Viewegh

Bringing Up Girls in Bohemia

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MICHAL VIEWEGH’s short and witty novel Bringing Up Girls in Bohemia is the story of Beata Kralova and her not-so-young tutor. Beata is a 20-year-old drop-out and daughter of Denis Kral (i.e., King), a Czech "new millionaire" of dubious connections. Beata embraces lover after lover as well as causes new to Eastern Europe: the environment, animal rights, feminism, consumerism, new-age religion. This satirical look at Prague today by the best of the new Czech writers entertains with a parade of unnforgettable characters,the new mafiosi and their ex-secret police bodyguards, the expatriate Americans, and many an extraordinary Czech, from a cremation enthusiast to a hopelessly naïve sex-education teacher. The novel is also a serious exploration of the role of the writer in post-communist Central Europe. The narrator, himself a writer and teacher who is in love with Beata, must portray her fate in terms that explain her nihilism without losing faith in his own positive craft of story- telling. His hard-won credo as artist is to be an entertainer in a world of newly felt cruelty and suffering.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
222
Release Date:
1996-10-01
Publication Date:
1996-10-01
Publisher:
Readers International
Languages:
Published: English, Original: Czech
ISBN10:
1887378057
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
181 g
Height:
20 cm
Width:
12.6 cm
Thickness:
1.1 cm
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