Egon Hostovský gehört zu den wichtigsten Klassikern der tschechischen Exilliteratur. Oft ist die Entfremdung des Menschen Thema des jüdischen Autors. Im vorliegenden Roman "Drei Nächte" geht es um eine Ehe, die unter dem Schatten der Vergangenheit leidet und so schrittweise den Bezug zur Außenwelt verliert...

Drei Nächte (German Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Hostovský, Egon

Poetry

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Epidemie oder das Lachen eines Don Quijote: In seinem letzten Prosawerk verabschiedet sich Egon Hostovský mit einem lauten Knall von seinem Publikum. Obwohl er die Staatsbürgerschaft der Vereinigten Staaten angenommen hatte, war er dort doch nie richtig heimisch geworden. Das geschäftige, immer nach Geld strebende Land blieb ihm fremd. Er musste darüber lachen. In der amerikanischen Provinz erlebt ein verheirateter Mann mittleren Alters, wie eine tödliche Seuche um sich greift. Doch all seine Versuche, die Behörden und die Mitmenschen zu energischen Maßnahmen zu bewegen, schlagen fehl. Am Ende begreift auch er: The show must go on! Alles Andere wäre ein Kampf gegen Windmühlen...

Epidemie (German Edition)

A kind, blundering Czech engineer is pressured by the Nazi government to hand over his invention, which could be key to their military operations. He flees to Paris, hoping to sell his invention to the French government instead; yet when the Germans invade France, he is forced into hiding, and spends months in a dark, damp cellar. Alone, he dwells on his memories - of his troubled marriage, and his decision to leave his wife behind in Czechoslovakia. When he is given the unexpected chance to redeem himself, both to his wife and history, he seizes it with utter determination - even though this heroic act will be his last. A powerful and moving novel about one man's final, fatal, heroic act of resistance in Nazi France.

The Hideout (Pushkin Collection)

Literary

Pushkin Collection

Dobročinný večírek (Edice Česká próza) (Czech Edition)

Melantrich

Půlnoční pacient (Spisy Egona Hostovského) (Czech Edition)

Akropolis

The Arsonist

Twisted Spoon Press

first English translation of 1935 Czech novel

Morris, Christopher

Fafek, Thomas

Contemporary

In "The Arsonist" (1935), Hostovsky uses puberty as an emblematic form of outsiderdom -- it is the tale of a fifteen year old boy tn a small eastern Bohemian border town threatened by an invisible arsonist. But the town is in the world, and the world is in the throes of radical change. The influence of expressionism of Hostovsky's early work is evident, with a mix of mysticism, irony, and wit.

History & Criticism

UNESCO

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