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longevity means that his work covers some of the most turbulent times in Czechoslovak his-
tory, but his irrepressible lasciviousness has been known to irritate.
LITERATURE BY FOREIGN WRITERS
DavidBrierley
On Leaving a Prague Window
. A very readable (if dated) thriller set in post-
CommunistPrague,whichshowsthatpastconnectionwithdissidentscanstillleadtoviolen-
ce.
Bruce Chatwin
Utz
. Chatwin is from the “exotic” school of travel writers, hence this slim,
intriguingandmostlytrue-to-lifeaccountofanavidporcelaincollectorfromPrague'sJewish
quarter.
Sue Gee
Letters from Prague
. The central character in this topic falls in love with a Czech
student in England in 1968, but she returns home when the Russians invade. Twenty years
later, together with her 10-year-old daughter, she goes in search of him.
Sulamith Ish-Kishor
A Boy of Old Prague
. This story, set in the Jewish ghetto in the six-
teenth century, tells how a poor Christian boy discovers that Jews are not the monsters that
he's been told. Aimed at children aged 8 to 11.
Kathy Kacer
Clara's War
. The story of a young girl and her family who are sent from
Prague to Terezín in 1943. The horror is played down as the topic is aimed at children of
10-plus, but nevertheless it is based on truth.
Jill Paton Walsh
A Desert in Bohemia
. A gripping story set against the aftermath of
World War II and the subsequent political upheaval in Czechoslovakia.
AnthonyJ.Rudel
Imagining Don Giovanni
. Mozart, Da Ponte and Casanova collaborate on
the production of
Don Giovanni
with the Marquis de Sade thrown in. An imaginative evoca-
tion of the period, which will delight music lovers.
