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  | | Dvorak in Love(Reprint) A Light-Hearted Dream by Josef Skvorecky, Paul Wilson Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 1988 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-30548-7, ISBN: 0-393-30548-1 "An exuberant tour de force. ―James Marcus, The Nation Here is a wonderfully imagined picture of a little known period in American musical history. In 1892, at the height of his prodigious powers, Antonin Dvorak was persuaded to leave his native Bohemia to come to New York to be director of the National Conservatory for Music. In this exuberant novel, Josef Skvorecky tells the story of Dvorak’s utterly requited love affair with young Ame ..." |
 | | The Return of Lieutenant Boruvka(1st Edition) by Josef Skvorecky, Trans Paul Wilson Paperback, 173 Pages, Published 1990 by Lester, Orpen & Dennys, Toronto, 1990 ISBN-13: 978-0-88619-261-7, ISBN: 0-88619-261-7 |
 | | Blatant Artifice No. 2/3 (An Anthology of Short Fiction by Visiting Writers, 1985-87, Volume III) by Edmund Cardoni, Ariel Dorfman, Harvey Pekar, R. D. Pohl, Karen Finley, Josef Skvorecky, Fiona Templeton Paperback, 168 Pages, Published 1988 by Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center ISBN-13: 978-0-936739-16-8, ISBN: 0-936739-16-9 "an anthology of short fictin by visiting writers, 1985-1987 Edmund Cardoni. distinguished ... Alan Sondheim is a writer and filmmaker whose book of writings. Disorders of the Real, was recently published by Station Hill Press. Michael Sticht is a ..." |
 | | The End of Lt. Boruvka by Josef Skvorecky, Trans Paul Wilson Paperback, 188 Pages, Published 1989 by Lester & Orpen Dennys, Limited Import ISBN-13: 978-0-88619-194-8, ISBN: 0-88619-194-7 |
 | | Sins for Father Knox(1st Edition) by Josef Skvorecky, Kaca Polackova Henley Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 1989 by Faber & Faber Import ISBN-13: 978-0-571-15428-9, ISBN: 0-571-15428-X |
 | | The Mournful Demeanour of Lieutenant Boruvka(Updated) by Josef Skvorecky, Rosemary Kavan, Et Al. Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1988 by Faber And Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-14972-8, ISBN: 0-571-14972-3 |
 | | The Engineer of Human Souls(Updated) by Josef Skvorecky, Patricia M. Wilson Paperback, 571 Pages, Published 1986 by Picador Import ISBN-13: 978-0-330-29152-1, ISBN: 0-330-29152-1 "RO60111097. THE ENGINEER OF HUMAN SOULS. 1986. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos plié, Intérieur acceptable. 571 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon" |
 | | The Bass Saxophone(Reprint) by Josef Skvorecky Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 1985 by Pocket Books ISBN-13: 978-0-671-55681-5, ISBN: 0-671-55681-9 "Despite our supposed familiarity with the 20th-century police state--predicted by Kafka, anatomized by Orwell, and discussed in each day's newspapers--the facts of it still startle. The Nazis had a strict set of rules governing what they called "Judeonegroid music," and in "Red Music," an indispensable essay on the fate of jazz in the Nazi-occupied Czech republic and in Communist Czechoslovakia that introduces the English-language editi ..." |
 | | The End of Lieutenant Boruvka(1st Edition) (English and Czech Edition) by Josef Skvorecky Hardcover, 185 Pages, Published 1990 by W W Norton & Co Inc ISBN-13: 978-0-393-02785-3, ISBN: 0-393-02785-6 "Third in the series of linked detective tales featuring the "downbeat Prague cop" of The Mournful Demeanour of Lieutenant Boruvka and Sins for Father Knox. This collection of six stories takes place around the time of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia." |
 | | SINS FOR FATHER KNOX. Translated from the Czech by Kaca Polackova Henley(1st Edition) by Josef Skvorecky, Kaca P. Henley Hardcover, 268 Pages, Published 1989 by W W Norton & Co Inc ISBN-13: 978-0-393-02512-5, ISBN: 0-393-02512-8 |
 | | Talkin' Moscow Blues(1st Edition) Essays About Literature, Politics, Movies & Jazz by Josef Skvorecky, Sam Solecki Paperback, 367 Pages, Published 1988 by Univ Of Toronto Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-88619-196-2, ISBN: 0-88619-196-3 "Josef Skvorecky`s novels have established him as a major author around the world, but his less well known essays include some of his most stimulating writing. Talkin` Moscow Blues is the first-ever collection of Skvorecky`s essays, reviews, and interviews. Here are deeply personal stories about the friends and events that have shaped his beliefs and his writing; thoughtful examinations of the nature of art, politics, and freedom; review ..." |
 | | The Swell Season A Text on the Most Important Things in Life (English and Czech Edition) by Josef Skvorecky Paperback, 226 Pages, Published 1986 by Ecco Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-88001-090-0, ISBN: 0-88001-090-8 "In the six tales that make up The Swell Season, Josef Skvorecky recounts the frustrated desires of young Danny Smiricky, a teenager growing up in the forties. These wonderful tales, full of wry humour and unexpected plot twists, seem to add up to a fond portrait of an innocent era?this is, however, wartime Czechoslovakia, and the fragile world of the adolescent falls under the shadow of the Nazi presence.A masterpiece of storytelling by ..." |
 | | Dvorak in Love(1st Edition) A Light-hearted Dream by Josef Skvorecky, Patricia M. Wilson, Trans Paul Wilson Hardcover, 326 Pages, Published 1986 by Chatto & Windus Import ISBN-13: 978-0-7011-2994-1, ISBN: 0-7011-2994-8 |
 | | The Engineer of Human Souls(1st Edition) by Josef Skvorecky Hardcover, 571 Pages, Published 1985 by Chatto & Windus/The Hogarth Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7011-2931-6, ISBN: 0-7011-2931-X |
 | | Swell Season, The A Text on the Most Important Things in Life by Josef Skvorecky, Trans Paul Wilson Paperback, 226 Pages, Published 1985 by Totem Press ISBN-13: 978-0-00-222853-4, ISBN: 0-00-222853-X |
 | | Talkin' Moscow Blues by Josef Skvorecky, Sam Solecki Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 1990 by Faber And Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-14080-0, ISBN: 0-571-14080-7 |
 | | The Cowards(Updated) (Penguin International Writers) by Josef Skvorecky, J. Nemcova Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 1990 by Penguin Books Ltd Import ISBN-13: 978-0-14-013038-6, ISBN: 0-14-013038-1 |
 | | THE END OF LIEUTENANT BORUVKA(1st Edition) by Josef Skvorecky, Anne Devlin, Paul Wilson Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 1990 by Faber And Faber Import ISBN-13: 978-0-571-14973-5, ISBN: 0-571-14973-1 "GREAT READ ON PRAGUE'S SADDEST SLEUTH" |
 | | The Miracle Game A Novel by Josef Skvorecky Hardcover, Published 1990 by Lester & Orpen Dennys Ltd., Toronto ISBN-13: 978-0-88619-344-7, ISBN: 0-88619-344-3 |
 | | Talkin' Moscow Blues(1st Edition) by Josef Skvorecky, Sam Solecki Paperback, 367 Pages, Published 1990 by Ecco Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-88001-231-7, ISBN: 0-88001-231-5 "Josef Skvorecky`s novels have established him as a major author around the world, but his less well known essays include some of his most stimulating writing. Talkin` Moscow Blues is the first-ever collection of Skvorecky`s essays, reviews, and interviews. Here are deeply personal stories about the friends and events that have shaped his beliefs and his writing; thoughtful examinations of the nature of art, politics, and freedom; review ..." |
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