We were a handful / Karel Polác̆ek ; translation from the Czech by Mark Corner.
2016
PG5038.P64 B913 2016eb
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Title
We were a handful / Karel Polác̆ek ; translation from the Czech by Mark Corner.
Author
Uniform Title
Bylo nás pět. English
ISBN
9788024633756 (electronic bk.)
8024633752 (electronic bk.)
9788024638782
8024638789
8024632853
9788024632858
8024633752 (electronic bk.)
9788024638782
8024638789
8024632853
9788024632858
Published
Prague : Karolinum Press, [2016]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (209 pages)
Call Number
PG5038.P64 B913 2016eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1031214576
Summary
"A favorite work of Czech humor, We Were a Handful depicts the adventures of five boys from a small Czech town through the diary of Petr Bajza, the grocer's son. Written by Karel Polácek at the height of World War II before his deportation to Auschwitz in 1944, this book draws on the happier years of Polácek's own childhood as inspiration. As we look upon the world through Petr's eyes, we, too, marvel at the incomprehensible world of grownups; join in fights between gangs of neighborhood kids; and laugh at the charming language of boys, a major source of the book's humor. This translation at last offers English-language readers the opportunity to share in Petr's (and Polácek's) childhood and reminds us that joy and laughter are possible even in the darkest times"-- Amazon
Formatted Contents Note
Cover; About the author; Translator's Note and Acknowledgement.
Source of Description
Print version record.
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Series
Modern Czech classics.
Available in Other Form
Print version: Poláček, Karel. Bylo nás pět. English. We were a handful. Prague : Karolinum Press, [2016]
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