Bringing Up Girls in Bohemia
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Book Overview
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... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1887378049
ISBN13:9781887378048
Release Date:May 2017
Publisher:Readers International
Length:222 Pages
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
As a teacher and Czechophile I found this an amusing read.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
One may wonder why a reviewer would take the time to write an insightful negative review nearly as long as the book itself. Some people just want an amusing read.From Chapter X: "Beata was of the opinion that present-day Prague was Paris of the Twenties for the Americans. I would see, she said, that something really great would emerge out of that explosion of creativity (it struck me that it wasn't so much an explosion of creativity as an explosion of private joy at the rate of the crown to the dollar, but I held my tongue)..."
Life in the the Czech Republic
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
This book is written for the meticulous reader about culture, and delicately provides "subtle" societal mores about the new eastern bloc countries simply discovering their new freedoms. A graduate student in international studies would find this book fascinating to read. This is one of those books that gets "underneath the skin" of the Czech culture and it becomes valuable for someone interested in doing business and learning about the country. While the title and the story quickly seems too provoking, its translation and overall writing presentation is mature and reveals the author's sophistication as a classic story.
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