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The Bass Saxophone [Hardcover]

Josef Skvorecky (Author), Kaca Polackova-Henley (Translator), K.P. Henley (Translator)

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Text: English, Czech (translation)

Product Details

Hardcover: 188 pages
Publisher: Chatto & Windus (June 1978)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0701123184
ISBN-13: 978-0701123185
Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.4 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 12 ounces

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Skvorecky is always interesting, especially when he writes about the Czech experience. In this case, two stories, both on the edge of "magical realism" -- or the grotesque -- about life under totalitarianism, and about the yearning for human interaction characteristic of Czech writing.

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