{"id":405,"date":"2024-07-11T17:06:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T15:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pluh2.wordpress.com\/?page_id=405"},"modified":"2024-07-11T17:06:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T15:06:19","slug":"sestra","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pluh.org\/index.php\/sestra\/","title":{"rendered":"Sestra"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The Tom Stoppard Prize 1988<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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About the Book<\/summary>\n
Original Title<\/strong><\/td>Sestra<\/td><\/tr>
First Published<\/strong><\/td>1994<\/td><\/tr>
Publisher<\/strong><\/td> Atantis, Brno<\/td><\/tr>
Pages<\/strong><\/td>487<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n
Rights Sold<\/summary>\n
Germany<\/strong><\/td>Volk und Welt – Berlin<\/td><\/tr>
Hungary<\/strong><\/td>Kalligram –<\/strong> Budapest<\/td><\/tr>
United Sates<\/strong><\/td>Catbird – North Haven<\/td><\/tr>
Poland<\/strong><\/td>WAB – Warsaw<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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City, Sister, Silver<\/em> is both startling and fast-paced, satirical and romantic, wild and restrained. The novel is full of stories, myths, dreams and nightmares, moving through different genres. It is a novel for readers who want an unforgettable reading experience.What makes City Sister Silver<\/em> so special is its language, energy and ability to creatively capture the feelings that accompanied the opening up of Central and Eastern Europe in the 1990s, when, in Topol’s words, “time exploded.” It is truly a breathtaking book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not a realistic approach to a major historical turning point, but rather a unique, imaginative one. As one Czech critic wrote, “City Sister Silver tells me more about the era than many of the books that try so hard to articulate and explain the burning ideas of the time.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cJ\u00e1chym Topol\u2019s literary self is rugged and romantic.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cReaders embarking on City Sister Silver are in for an exhilarating, exasperating journey … kaleidoscopic and ethereal, full of motion for its own sake, with many memorable stops along the route.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 New York Times Book Review<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cTopol is already being hailed as the supernova of post-1989 Czech fiction.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 San Francisco Bay Guardian<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cA masterpiece of post-communist Czech fiction\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Talk Magazine<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Die Schwester<\/summary>\n

Volk und Welt, Berlin, 1998<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Translated by Eva Profousov\u00e1 and Beate Smandek<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

N\u0151v\u00e9rem<\/summary>\n

Kalligram, Budapest, 1998<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Translated by P\u00e9ter Kolosz\u00e1r<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

City Sister Silver<\/summary>\n

Catbird Press, North Haven, 2000<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Translated by Alex Zucker<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Siostra<\/summary>\n

WAB, Warsaw, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Translated by Leszek Engelking<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

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