Božena Koseková Boeken

Prag zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts, wo Menschen mit schwejkschen Listen kafkaeske Abenteuer erleben – ein Meisterwerk erzählerischer Kunst. Johannes Urzidil ordnete seine Erzählungen wie die Teile eines Flügelaltars an, verbunden durch die jeweilige Handlung. In den Kaffeehäusern der Stadt begegnete man damals Werfel, Brod, Kisch und Kafka. Im „Relief der Stadt“ erinnert sich Urzidil an seine Kindheitsorte, wo Deutsche und Tschechen in Konflikten standen und alle gegen die Juden waren. Die „Seitentafeln“ schildern einen skurrilen Rechtsstreit zwischen einem Prager Bürger und dem Magistrat sowie die letzte Lebensphase des Dichters Karl Brand, dessen Tod den Untergang einer enthusiastischen Schriftstellergeneration symbolisiert. Im „Schrein“ – einem Kabinettstück erzählerischer Kunst – diktiert „Weißenstein Karl“, eine Figur zwischen Erfindung und Realität, die Geschichte eines abenteuerlichen und banalen Lebens, das die Welten Haseks und Kafkas vereint. Mit schwejkischer List meistert Weißenstein Not, verworrene Liebesbeziehungen und die Wechselfälle des Daseins. Im abschließenden „Gesprenge“ beschwört Urzidil mit einem unheimlichen Operntraum erneut die Stadt seiner Jugend.

After Thomas Mann, Stefan Zweig was perhaps the most well-known and widely read author writing in German before the Nazi period. Beware of Pity was written in Zweig's London exile in 1938, and although it is above all a psychological novel whose tragedy unfolds in the private realms, Zweig's humanistic perspective provides a commentary on the larger historical and political situation.

A delightful treasury of observations and insights into the lives of all sorts of creatures, from jackdaws and water-shrews to dogs, cats and even wolves. It is a wonderfully written introduction to the world of our furred and feathered friends!

Tento deník je neobyčejně zajímavou a dodnes zcela mimořádně podnětnou sumou prvního období tvorby Maxe Frische a zahrnuje léta, kdy autor nabíral síly pro své vrcholné tvůrčí období.

Media philosopher Vilém Flusser proposed a revolutionary new way of thinking about photography. An analysis of the medium in terms of aesthetics, science and politics provided him with new ways of understanding both the cultural crises of the past and the new social forms nascent within them. Flusser showed how the transformation of textual into visual culture (from the linearity of history into the two-dimensionality of magic) and of industrial into post-industrial society (from work into leisure) went hand in hand, and how photography allows us to read and interpret these changes with particular clarity.

Featuring a diverse array of 19th-century German recipes, this collection serves as both a practical cookbook and a window into the country's culinary history. It offers readers a unique opportunity to discover traditional dishes and the customs surrounding them, making it a valuable resource for those interested in exploring the gastronomical delights of the past.

'It conveys, with concreteness and vitality, the, the detailed quality of ordinary life in the Hitler years and at the time of their catastrophic end' -Sunday Telegraph 'Leni (the central character) is seen through a series of interviews with witnesses who make up this huge "group portrait". This works brilliantly as a parody of fashionable documentary; then by making the story resonant with overlapping echoes; and finally by counterpointing these voices of the imagination with the terrible dead language of real documents of Nazi bureaucracy' -Guardian 'A work of considerable distinction' -The Times Literary Supplement

In this wonderful book, the famous scientist and best-selling author, Konrad Lorenz, 'the man who talked with animals', enlightens and entertains us with his illustrated account of the unique relationship between humans and their pets. Displaying Lorenz's customary humanity and expert knowledge of animals, Man Meets Dog is also a deeply personal and entertaining account of his relationships with his own four-legged friends. With charming sketches on almost every page, Man Meets Dog offers a delightful insight into animal and human thinking and feeling. An essential companion for all lovers of dogs (and cats!).

V této próze vystavěl autor monumentální pomník všem mladým lidem, kteří ideály nového společenského uspořádání, kde mají platit ryzí hodnoty lidství, probojovávají i za cenu dočasného nepochopení, na izolace mezi blahobytnými břichy lidí domnívajících se, že "jdou s dobou", ve skutečnosti ovšem žijících ve strašlivém omylu záměny jevu za podstatu. Paul a Paula své štěstí spočívající na opravdových hodnotách nedobudují, jejich zápas skončí tragicky. Avšak Plenzdorf nenapsal žádnou plačtivou historii; naopak, její poloha je naveskrz optimistická - ideál tak ryzí nemůže zemřít.