| Prague with Fingers of Rain Contributor(s): Nezval, Vítězslav (Author), Osers, Ewald (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1852248165 ISBN-13: 9781852248161 Publisher: Bloodaxe Books OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2009 Annotation: Czech writer Vitezslav Nezval (1900-58) was one of the leading Surrealist poets of the 20th century. Prague with Fingers of Rain is his classic 1936 collection in which Prague's many-sided life--its glamorous history, motley weather, diverse population--becomes symbolic of what is contradictory and paradoxical in life itself. Mixing real and surreal, Nezval evokes life's contradictoriness in a series of psaim-like poems of puzzled love and generous humanity. Translated from Czech by Ewald Osers. Nezval was perhaps the most prolific writer in Prague during the 1920s and 30s. An original member of the avant-garde group of artists, Devetsil, he was a founding figure of the Poetist movement. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - General |
| Dewey: 491.8 |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 5.3" W x 8.3" (0.25 lbs) 62 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Czech writer Vitezslav Nezval (1900-58) was one of the leading Surrealist poets of the 20th century. Prague with Fingers of Rain is his classic 1936 collection in which Prague's many-sided life - its glamorous history, various weathers, different kinds of people - becomes symbolic of what is contradictory and paradoxical in life itself. Mixing real and surreal, Nezval evokes life's contradictoriness in a series of psalm-like poems of puzzled love and generous humanity. |
