Prague Stories - Richard Bassett

The Golden City of Prague has long been an intellectual centre of the western world. The writers collected here range from the early nineteenth century to the present and include both Prague natives and visitors from elsewhere. Here are stories, legends, and scenes from the city's past and present, from the Jewish fable of the golem, a creature conjured from clay, to tales of German and Soviet invasions.The international array of writers ranges from Franz Kafka to Ivan Klíma to Bruce Chatwin, and... Zobrazit více