Questionaire: Or Prayer for a Town and a Friend
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Book Overview
In filling out a standard employment questionnaire, the narrator takes the command "Do Not Cross Out " as an order not to omit anything and embarks on a search for his origins and the origins of his fellow Czech citizens.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1564782271
ISBN13:9781564782274
Release Date:January 2000
Publisher:Dalkey Archive Press
Length:278 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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definitely worth your while
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
A very good book. Grusa writes with a very Czech sense of humor and combines it with a Grassian sense of magic. Although I'll try to avoid plot summary, a little is necessary: the protagonist, in his search for a job, is required to fill out a questionnaire with explicit instructions to not leave anything out. With these orders in mind, he then tells the history of his family from the beginning. This is typical of the Czech means of resistance to whatever oppression they face, and you can see it in Hasek's "The Good Soldier Svejk" and Hrabal's "Closely Watched Trains." Overall, it's funny, magical, epic (in its own way) and a lot of fun to read. As I said before, it's definitely worth your while.
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