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| Author: | Title: | Description: |
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| Balabán, J. | Možná že odcházíme | LIDOVÉ NOVINY PRIZE 2004 A collection of stories about ordinary people and their extraordinary struggles with destiny. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £9.95 | ||
| Berková, A. | Magorie | An award-winning fantastic allegory about a tiny kingdom hidden beneath a stone. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £6.95 | ||
| Boučková, T. | Rok kohouta | A partially autobiographic confession of a middle-aged woman whose life and everything she holds precious falls apart and she is looking for a strengh to put it back together. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £13.95 | ||
| Bryndová, J. | Nechci rajskou, chci lásku! | A funny and piquant novel about the strange choices people make when it comes to love and romance. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £9.95 | ||
| Čechura, R. | Jako zvíře | Contemporary detective story. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £9.95 | ||
| Chvojková, M. | Pozdě | Semi-autobiographical novel about the life and destiny of an ordinary woman spanning the 20th century. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £10.95 | ||
| Dousková, I. | Hrdý Budžes | A nostalgic and funny look at life in communist Czechoslovakia through the eyes of a schoolgirl. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £9.95 | ||
| Epstein, M. | Ohybač křížů | Interesting and original story of a young man trying to find his place in the world, set in contemporary Prague. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £9.95 | ||
| Hakl, E. | Let čarodějnice | An ordinary life of a broadsheet editor dramatically changes when he buys a knife which is couple of hours later found in a body of a supermarket guard. And this event, perhaps unsurprisingly, eventually turns his life upside down... |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £14.95 | ||
| Hakl, E. | O rodičích a dětech | A father and his adult son go for a walk one afternoon and talk - memories, their lives and the world today, anything… A successful film was based on this book. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £12.95 | ||
| Havel, V. | Odcházení | A new, highly anticipated play by the former Czech president. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £5.95 | ||
| Hercíková, I. | Možná ho najdeš na ulici | Collection of ironic short stories about everyday life in different settings across the globe, from a small village in Bohemia to hectic New York. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £9.95 | ||
| Hercíková, Viewegh, Pawlowská, | Tři v háji | A novel written by three successful contemporary writers in unison. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £9.95 | ||
| Hůlová, P. | Paměť mojí babičce | Story of three generations of women in Mongolia, their lives, experiences, sufferings. Voted as "A Book of the Year 2002". |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £11.95 | ||
| Hůlová, P. | Stanice Tajga | A new adventurous novel by one of the most popular contemporary authors. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £12.95 | ||
| Hůlová, P. | Umělohmotný třípokoj | Confessions of an ageing prostitute looking back over her life, reminiscing and talking frankly about the oldest profession in the world. New novel by the leader of the newest generation of writers. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £8.95 | ||
| Hvorecký, M. | Plyš | Photographer Irving sets out on a long journey to cure his unusual addiction. In a German city he meets his femme fatale and gets an opportunity that only comes once in a lifetime… |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £8.95 | ||
| Hvorecký, M. | Silný pocit čistoty | Brand new novel by one of the most popular contemporary Slovakian authors depicting the trials and tribulations of urban youth. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £10.95 | ||
| Konečný, J. | Moravská rapsodie | A coming of age tale of a young book lover stranded in the harsh environment of 1980s Czechoslovak industrial town. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £11.95 | ||
| Korner, V. | Post bellum 1866 (Post bellum - Svíbský les), Oklamaný - Der Betrogene | Three historical novellas by a recent winner of the very prestigious Czech National Prize for Literature. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £13.95 | ||
| Křesadlo, J. | Skrytý život Cypriána Belvy | Contemporary "metaphysical" thriller. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £13.95 | ||
| Kubešová, B. | Žoržína | The story of a young girl taken abroad in 1968 who struggles to make Switzerland her new homeland. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £12.95 | ||
| Loukotková, J. | Odměna | Psychological thriller about a young man who chooses to follow a life of crime in order to escape the tedium of normality. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £9.95 | ||
| Němec, M. | Vana s výhledem | Original humour, creative plots, surprises, breathtaking descriptions - that is a collection of short stories by a promising contemporary author. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £13.95 | ||
| Nosková, V. | Ve stínu mastodonta | A collection of fresh and funny short stories taking place from 1960s until the turbulent year of 1989. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £7.95 | ||
| Obermannová, I. | Deník šílené manželky | Bittersweet confession of modern Czech young woman going through a difficult divorce but never loosing her sense of humour. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £10.95 | ||
| Obermannová, I. | Nezavěšujte se | Novel about three former classmates who decided to move into a flat together with their children to create a new type of "family". |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £9.95 | ||
| Parkánová-Whitton, H. | Jak se po anglicku vytratit v Anglii | Sequel to the successful book "Jak si vypěstovat na anglické zahrádce českého trpaslíka'; New stories of a Czech woman living with her English husband in the Cotswolds. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £11.95 | ||
| Parkánová-Whitton, H. | Jak si vypěstovat na anglické zahrádce českého trpaslíka | Funny description of how a Czech woman married an English man and did her best to settle in a completely unknown world. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £9.95 | ||
| Pavel, J. | Jizvení | Subtle, mysterious story about a very special love triangle… |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £8.95 | ||
| Pawlowská, H. | Jak blbá, tak široká | A collection of humour for female readers. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £9.95 | ||
| Pawlowská, H. | Záhada žlutých žabek | Collection of short works by the popular humorist. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £9.95 | ||
| Pekárková, I. | Láska v Londýně | A collection of short stories from contemporary London, mainly set in various immigrant communities. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £10.95 | ||
| Pelc, J. | ...A bude hůř | The controversial and cult novel about life in communist Northern Bohemia. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £16.95 | ||
| Pilátová, M. | Žluté oči vedou domů | A novel about four emigrants starting their lives afresh abroad - in Prague and Brasil. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £9.95 | ||
| Plzák, M. | Tušení o lidské duši | A well-known psychiatrist tries to find answers to disturbing questions about the human soul. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £10.95 | ||
| Rudiš, J. | Grandhotel | A story of lonely thirty-something man. He is not successful in life; he has never done anything important, he has not travelled anywhere, he has never had a proper girlfriend. His only talent appears to be his understanding of clouds, cyclones and wind... A recent, successful Czech film was based on this novel. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £11.95 | ||
| Rudiš, J. | Potichu | An American living in Prague, an EU clerk who travels across Europe, a teenager singing in a punk band, a tram driver, a music composer - one night destiny draws them all together… |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £9.95 | ||
| Rudiš, J. & J. | Bílý potok - Alois Nebel | Black and white comics about a man who spends all his life surrounded by trains in a tiny railway station near the Polish border. Available in Czech or English. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £7.95 | ||
| Šabach, P. | Občanský průkaz | A new novel by a well-known humorist about Czech cops during the Communist era. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £8.95 | ||
| Šimek, M. & J. Grossmann | Povídky | Collection of short stories by popular comedians. Contains stories from these books: Besídka zvláštní školy, Návštěva cirkusu, Jak jsme přechovávali bělogvardějce, Pupáci. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £8.95 | ||
| Šmaus, M. | Děvčátko, rozdělej ohníček: (Na cikňi na bari, čarav tro voďori) | A subtle and intense story about a Roma boy and the disappearing world of free-spirit nomads. Awarded the Knižní Klub Literary Prize for 2004 and the prestigious Magnesia Litera award in 2005 for best new author. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £9.95 | ||
| Sommerová, O. | O čem sní muži | A collection of interviews with men about their opinions on life, women and just about anything. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £10.95 | ||
| Špulák, J. | Barman | Love, friendship and patience are central to the crazy adventures of a man from provincial town in eastern Bohemia. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £6.95 | ||
| Tobiáš, E.L. | Volané číslo neexistuje | Experimental and surprising novel by a promising playwright. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £9.95 | ||
| Topol, J. | Anděl | A post-modernist novel about the dichotomies of human life set in contemporary Prague. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £10.95 | ||
| Topol, J. | Kloktat dehet | Awarded "Book of the Year 2005". Brutal, grotesque story about "World War III" which breaks out after the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £14.95 | ||
| Trojak, B. | Brněnské metro | A collection of short stories about life in Brno, the second largest city in the Czech Republic, in the 1990s. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £8.95 | ||
| Urban, M. | Hastrman: Zelený román | Subtitled "Green novel', an award-winning book in two parts about two ordinary men trying to make the world a better place. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £12.95 | ||
| Urban, M. | Pole a palisáda | New and modernised version of one of the best known and oldest Czech myths. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £8.95 | ||
| Urban, M. | Santiniho jazyk | Novel by a well-known contemporary author about the search for a universal motto that would appeal to all the people of the planet. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £11.95 | ||
| Vaculík, L. | Sekyra | Autobiographical novel about the return of one of the most famous and most persecuted Czech authors to his hometown. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £10.95 | ||
| Various | Ber, po čem toužíš | A collection of short stories about Czech travellers and immigrants abroad, written by popular contemporary authors. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £9.95 | ||
| Various | Leonardův kabinet | A collection of short stories about mysteries and secrets, chock full of unexpected twists, written by popular contemporary authors. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £9.95 | ||
| Various | Tenkrát za totáče | Collection of grotesque short stories about life during Communism written by well-known contemporary authors. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £8.95 | ||
| Various | Usměj se, Lízo | Collection of humorous short stories by ten well-known contemporary writers. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £8.95 | ||
| Vávra, J. | V krajině prorostlého bůčku | A novel about a man who more or less successfully avoided being involved with the Communist regime and after the Velvet Revolution became an adviser to the President despite his utter lack of belief in democracy. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £12.95 | ||
| Větvička, V. | Něco pro zahřátí duše | A "flower calendar" consisting of short stories about plants, the meaning of their names, superstitions and more, by a well-known botanist. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £10.95 | ||
| Viewegh, M. | Názory na vraždu | New edition of the first book of one of the most popular Czech contemporary writers: a grotesque story with detective plot. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £8.95 | ||
| Vilikovský, P. | Poslední kůň Pompejí | A novel about a young Slovakian who comes to London in the mid-1990s investigating the confrontation of Central European identity and British culture. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £11.95 | ||
| Zábranský, D. | Slabost pro každou jinou pláž: Poznámky k moři, smíchu a duchu doby | Debut novel about our contemporary world and the disappearing differences between West and East. Awarded the prestigious literary prize Magnesia Litera 2007 for the best newcomer. |
| Czech: Literature: New Fiction Price: £13.95 | ||
