I Served the King of England
By: Bohumil Hrabal , Paul Wilson
3.43
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
In a comic masterpiece following the misadventures of a simple but hugely ambitious waiter in pre-W…
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1. A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova
By: Arnošt Lustig
3.87
Format: 244 pages, Library Binding
As their Nazi captors negotiate their exchange for American-held German officers, twenty Jewish bus… read more
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- novels
2. Kytice
By: Karel Jaromír Erben
3.96
Format: 162 pages,
Sbírka baladických básní K. J. Erbena právem patří mezi klasická díla české literatury. Nejznámější… read more
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3. Bílá nemoc
By: Karel Čapek , Michael Henry Heim
4.23
Format: 378 pages, Unknown Binding
Popudem k napsání tohoto dramatu z r. 1937 byl podle autorových slov "konflikt ideálů demokracie s … read more
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"Маршал. Так, я розбудив у ньому волю до життя. Ви вірите, що мир кращий за війну. А я вірю, що переможна війна краща за мир. І не маю права позбавляти свій народ заслуженої перемоги. Гален. І безлічі…"-Karel Čapek, Bílá nemoc
"Proč prosím… Když mohou lidé zabíjet olovem a plynem,… nač my doktoři máme někoho zachraňovat, ne? Kdybyste věděli, co to dá někdy práce… zachránit dítě… nebo vyhojit takový kostižer… A pak se řekne …"-Karel Čapek, Bílá nemoc
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5. I Served the King of England
By: Bohumil Hrabal , Paul Wilson
3.43
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
In a comic masterpiece following the misadventures of a simple but hugely ambitious waiter in pre-W… read more
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- historical fiction
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6. The Inspector General
By: Nikolai Gogol , None , None
2.70
Format: None pages, Paperback
Considered the high point of Gogol's writing for the stage and a masterpiece of dramatic satire, Th… read more
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7. Markéta Lazarová
By: Vladislav Vančura , Václav Sivko
3.50
Format: 92 pages, Hardcover
Klasicky roman Vladislava Vancury prinasi pribeh o ciste dusi a ciste lasce uprostred chladneho a n… read more
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8. Audience
By: Václav Havel
2.74
Format: None pages, Paperback
Forming part of the Vanek Plays trilogy, Audience is a cleverly-constructed satire on power and tho… read more
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9. Spalovač mrtvol
By: Ladislav Fuks
4.06
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
Příběh o "spalovači mrtvol", trochu podivínském a pilném zaměstnanci pražského krematoria Karlu Kop… read more
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"Mlč a civ!"-Ladislav Fuks, Spalovač mrtvol
"nic jiného není lidský život než bytí k smrti"-Ladislav Fuks, Spalovač mrtvol
"*o fotfrafii* taková věčná konzerva právě přítomného času"-Ladislav Fuks, Spalovač mrtvol
"Co kdybych tě drahá oběsil?" Usmála se na něho dolů, snad mu dobře nerozuměla, on se usmál též, kopl do židle a bylo to."-Ladislav Fuks, Spalovač mrtvol
10. Krysař
By: Viktor Dyk
3.69
Format: 79 pages, Paperback
Útlá knížka, jejímž jádrem je staroněmecká pověst, je vrcholem autorova prozaického díla, jakousi r… read more
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"Srdce jest drobná a zcela zbytečná věc."-Viktor Dyk, Krysař
"Nebylo třeba pomoci boží; pomohu si sám."-Viktor Dyk, Krysař
"Mějte ženy, ale nedopouštějte, aby ženy měly vás."-Viktor Dyk, Krysař
"Nejmenuji se; jsem nikdo. Jsem hůř než nikdo, jsem krysař."-Viktor Dyk, Krysař
11. R.U.R.
By: Karel Čapek , Nigel Playfair , Paul Selver
3.83
Format: 58 pages, Paperback
R.U.R.--written in 1920--garnered worldwide acclaim for its author and popularized the word "Robot.… read more
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"Nobody can hate man more than man."-Karel Čapek, R.U.R.
"nothing is stranger to man than his own image"-Karel Čapek, R.U.R.
"Robot" is a machine that makes the functions of a man."-Karel Čapek, R.U.R.
"A man has to be a bit mad [...]. That's the best thing about him."-Karel Čapek, R.U.R.
12. Rozmarné léto
By: Vladislav Vančura
3.71
Format: 272 pages,
Klasicke dilo ceske literatury. Banalni historky trech panu, nudicich se v desti, zmenila kvetnata … read more
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13. Tyrolské Elegie
By: Karel Havlíček Borovský , Josef Lada
3.59
Format: 83 pages, Hardcover
Nazev elegie (tj. narek, zalozpev) je ironickou nadsazkou; dilo je humornym a satirickym popisem Ha… read more
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14. Pierre and Luce
By: Romain Rolland , Andrew Moore , None
3.59
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Paris, 1918: Amidst the cries of fanatic patriots bent on war, a tender relationship slowly develop… read more
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16. The Joke
By: Milan Kundera
3.93
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
All too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its p… read more
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17. Báječná léta pod psa
By: Michal Viewegh
3.78
Format: 238 pages, Hardcover
Czech read more
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18. War with the Newts
By: Karel Čapek , Ewald Osers
4.17
Format: 241 pages, Paperback
Man discovers a species of giant, intelligent newts and learns to exploit them so successfully that… read more
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"V holandských koloniích žádní čerti nejsou; jsou-li nějací, tedy ve francouzských. kapitán J. van Toch"-Karel Čapek, War with the Newts
"Without a sense of art, it is impossible ever to think of something new. We need to be poets if we are to keep the world moving."-Karel Čapek, War with the Newts
"His life was now the life of a collector, and that gave it meaning. Evening after evening he would count and arrange his cuttings under the indulgent eyes of Mrs. Povondra who knew that every man is …"-Karel Čapek, War with the Newts
"They all had a thousand good economic and political reasons why they couldn’t stop. I’m not a politician or a businessman; how am I supposed to persuade them about these things. What are we supposed …"-Karel Čapek, War with the Newts
19. Smrt krásných srnců
By: Ota Pavel
4.12
Format: 104 pages, Hardcover
Smrt krásných srnců je kniha sedmi povídek, ve kterých spisovatel Ota Pavel vzpomíná na šťastné dět… read more
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20. Křest svatého Vladimíra
By: Karel Havlíček Borovský
3.54
Format: 92 pages, Hardcover
Satirická báseň Křest svatého Vladimíra vznikala v letech 1852-1855. Havlíček stihl napsat jen 10 z… read more
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21. May
By: Marcela Sulak , Karel Hynek Mácha , None
3.42
Format: 121 pages, Hardcover
Often compared to Byron, Keats, Shelley, and Poe, called Lautreamont's "elder brother" by the Czech… read more
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"Time yet to come? Tomorrow's day? Still, still some dream will time repay, Or sleep too deep for dreaming? Perhaps this life which here I live Is but a sleep, and dawn will give Only another seeming?…"-Marcela Sulak, May
