CER | Bookshop: Czech Republic & Slovakia

The CER Bookshop
Czech Republic & Slovakia
Selection by Magali Perrault and Julie Hansen

Cultural History & National Identity
Economics & Sociology
History
Language
Literature
Memoirs, Biography & Essays
Politics
Travel & Tourism

Cultural History & National Identity

Cohen, Shari J;
Politics without a Past: The Absence of History in Postcommunist
Nationalism (1999)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
A successful attempt to explain the historical roots of the politics of independent Slovakia.
See Magali Perrault's review in CER.
Demetz, Peter;
Prague in Black and Gold: Scenes from the Life of a European City (1998)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
This work chronicles Prague's history and development from the Middle Ages through World War II.
Holy, Ladislav;
The Little Czech and the Great Czech Nation: National Identity and the
Post-Communist Social Transformation (1996)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
An excellent work on Czech national identity.
Pynsent, Robert B;
Questions of Identity: Czech and Slovak Ideas of Nationality and
Personality (1994)
(from Amazon.com)
An excellent work on Czech and Slovak notions of national identity.
Sayer, Derek;
The Coasts of Bohemia: A Czech History (1998)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
See Jonathan Hughes Bolton's review in CER.
Steiner, Peter;
The Deserts of Bohemia: Czech Fiction and Its Social Context (2000)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
See Dick Nilsson's review in CER.

Economics & Sociology

Smith, Adrian;
Reconstructing the Regional Economy: Industrial Transformation and
Regional Development in Slovakia (1998)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Focuses on economic developments in Slovakia.
Svejnar, Jan (ed);
The Czech Republic and Economic Transition in Eastern Europe (1995)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Provides a comprehensive survey of recent economic and social developments in the Czech Republic.
Večerník, Jiří and Matějů, Petr;
Ten Years of Rebuilding Capitalism: Czech Society after 1989 (1999)
Provides a comprehensive survey of recent economic and social developments in the Czech Republic.
See Helen Carter and Magali Perrault's review in CER.

History

El Mallakh, Dorothea H;
The Slovak Autonomy Movement, 1935-1939: A Study in Unrelenting
Nationalism (1979)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Deals with interwar Slovakia and the Nazi-puppet Slovak state of 1939-1945.
Felak, James Ramon;
"At The Price of the Republic" : Hlinka's Slovak People's Party, 1929-1938
(1994)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Deals with interwar Slovakia and the Nazi-puppet Slovak state of 1939-1945.
Jelinek, Yeshayahu A;
The Lust for Power: Nationalism, Slovakia, and the Communists,
1918-1948 (1983)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Deals with interwar Slovakia and the Nazi-puppet Slovak state of 1939-1945.
Jelinek, Yeshayahu A;
The Parish Republic: Hlinka's Slovak People's Party, 1939-1945 (1976)
(from Amazon.com)
Deals with interwar Slovakia and the Nazi-puppet Slovak state of 1939-1945.
Johnson, Owen V;
Slovakia 1918-1938: Education and the Making of a Nation (1985)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Deals with interwar Slovakia and the Nazi-puppet Slovak state of 1939-1945.
Kirschbaum, Stanislav J;
A History of Slovakia: The Struggle for Survival (1995)
(from Amazon.com)
The only comprehensive history of Slovakia in English, this work is somewhat marred by the author's attempt to "justify" the crimes of the Slovak state during the Second World War.
Krejčí, Jaroslav and Machonin, Pavel;
Czechoslovakia, 1918-92: A Laboratory for Social Change(1996)
(from Amazon.com)
A good panorama of the "ethnopolitics" of Czechoslovakia from the creation of the state in 1918 to the "velvet divorce" of 1992.
Lukes, Igor;
Czechoslovakia between Stalin and Hitler: The Diplomacy of
Eduard Beneš in the 1930s (1996)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Covers Czechoslovak foreign policy during the interwar period, as seen through a study of the central figure of Eduard Benes. Especially recommended for the reference the made to recently opened archives.
Mamatey, Victor S and Luza, Radomir;
A History of the Czechoslovak Republic 1918-1948 (1973)
(from Amazon.com)
The classic on the first, interwar Czechoslovak republic.
Navratil, Jaromir (ed);
The Prague Spring 1968: A National Security Archive Documents Reader
(1998)
Seton-Watson, R W;
A History of the Czechs and Slovaks (1943)
(from Amazon.com)
A classic of the scholarship on the Czechs and Slovaks.
Skilling, H Gordon;
Czechoslovakia's Interrupted Revolution (1976)
(from Amazon.com)
Skilling's book on the Prague Spring is a comprehensive account of the rise and fall of the experiment with "socialism with a human face."
Teich, Mikulas (ed);
Bohemia in History (1998)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
A recent and useful edited work on Czech history.
Wheaton, Bernard and Kavan, Zdeněk;
The Velvet Revolution: Czechoslovakia, 1988-1991 (1992)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Probably the best account of the fall of Communism in Czechoslovakia.
Williams, Kieran;
The Prague Spring and Its Aftermath: Czechoslovak Politics, 1968-1970
(1997)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Williams uses newly opened archives to update our knowledge of the events of the Prague Spring.
Zeman, Zbyněk (with Antonín Klimek);
The Life of Edvard Beneš, 1884-1948: Czechoslovakia in Peace and War
(1997)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Covers Czechoslovak foreign policy during the interwar period, as seen through a study of the central figure of Eduard Benes. Especially recommended for the reference the made to recently opened archives.
See Richard Crampton's review in CER.

Language

Naughton, James;
Colloquial Czech: The Complete Course for Beginners
(second edition) (1999)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
See Neil Bermel's review in CER.

Literature

Büchler, Alexandra (ed);
Allskin and Other Tales by Contemporary Czech Women (1998)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
An anthology of stories and novel excerpts by 16 Czech women writers, including Alexandra Berková, Tereza Boučková and Daniela Fischerová.
Büchler, Alexandra (ed);
This Side of Reality: Modern Czech Writing (1996)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
An anthology of works by contemporary Czech writers.
Čapek, Karel;
Apocryphal Tales (1997)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
See James Partridge's review in The New Presence.
Čapek, Karel;
Nine Fairy Tales: And One More Thrown in for Good Measure (1996)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Čapek, Karel;
Tales from Two Pockets (1994)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
In this collection of 48 short stories, first published in 1929, Čapek uses the mystery genre to explore human nature and philosophical issues such as morality and justice.
Čapek, Karel;
Three Novels: Hordubal, Meteor, An Ordinary Life (1990)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
In this trilogy of novels from the early 1930s, Čapek explores the philosophical issues of identity, inquiry and understanding. A groundbreaking and highly influential work for Czech literature.
Čapek, Karel;
Toward the Radical Center: A Karel Čapek Reader (1990)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
This selection of Čapek's plays, stories and columns includes stories from Tales from Two Pockets and Apochryphal Tales, the plays R U R and The Makropoulus Secret and more.
Čapek, Karel;
War with the Newts (1990)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
In this satirical novel, published in 1936 in the shadow of growing German fascism, humans discover a previously unknown species of intelligent newts. They begin to exploit the newts as slaves, but the newts revolt and war ensues.
Fischerová, Daniela;
Fingers Pointing Somewhere Else (2000)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
A collection of stories by the contemporary Czech author and playwright, regarded by Václav Havel as one of the great contributors to modern Czech drama.
See Madelaine Hron's review in CER.
Read a story from this collection in CER.
Fischerová Bibliography
Go to an extensive list of works by and about Daniela Fischerová.
Hašek, Jaroslav;
The Good Soldier Švejk and His Fortunes in the World War (2000)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Hašek's novel from 1921-1923 takes an amusing and profoundly satirical look at the First World War through the eyes of the bumbling Švejk.
Havel, Václav;
The Garden Party and Other Plays (1993)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
A perfect introduction for anyone interested in Havel the playwright and the history of Czech absurd drama of the 1960s.
Holan, Vladimír;
Mirroring: Selected Poems of Vladimír Holan
(from Amazon.com)
A selection of poems by the highly influential poet Vladimír Holan.
Holan, Vladimír;
A Night with Hamlet
(from Amazon.com)
Perhaps Holan's best-known work, from 1964. See James Partridge's review in CER.
Holub, Miroslav;
Shedding Life: Disease, Politics and Other Human Conditions (1997)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
The first collection of essays by Miroslav Holub, who was internationally renowned as both poet and immunologist.
Holub, Miroslav;
Vanishing Lung Syndrome (1990)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
A more recent collection by Holub, first published in 1990.
Holubová, Miloslava;
More Than One Life (1999)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
This short novel chronicles a middle-class family, as seen through the eyes of the daughter-narrator, from the pre-WWII years through the Prague Spring of 1968.
Hrabal, Bohumil;
Closely Watched Trains (1995)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
In this novel from 1965, a young Czech's loss of innocence mirrors the Czech nation's loss of innocence in the Second World War.
Hrabal, Bohumil;
Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age (1996)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
This novella from 1964 consists of just one long sentence, in which an aging shoemaker tells a young woman about his ideas and experiences.
Hrabal, Bohumil;
I Served the King of England (1990)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
A comic story, first published in samizdat in 1974, about a Czech busboy in Prague during the German occupation during the Second World War.
Hrabal, Bohumil;
Too Loud a Solitude (1993)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Hrabal, Bohumil;
Total Fears (1998)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Hrabal tells of a trip to the United States and events in Prague during and after the Velvet Revolution in these letters addressed to an American student.
Kafka, Franz;
Amerika (1996)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Although Kafka never visited America, this 1914 novel reflects his impressions of the United States.
Kafka, Franz;
The Metamorphosis (1996)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Kafka's surreal tale of Gregor Samsa, who wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into an insect. First published in 1915.
Kafka, Franz;
The Trial (1999)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Kafka's 1915 novel about a man locked in futile struggle against an incomprehensible bureaucracy.
Klíma, Ivan;
Judge on Trial
(from Amazon.com)
This epic novel, in which a judge is faced with the choice between his moral principles and a continued career, examines the nature of compromise in a totalitarian society. First published abroad, in 1986.
Klíma, Ivan;
Love and Garbage (1993)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
In this novel of love and betrayal, Klíma examines life under a totalitarian regime. First published in samizdat in 1987.
Klíma, Ivan;
My First Loves (1989)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
A collection of short stories set in Communist Czechoslovakia, first published in samizdat in 1981.
Klíma, Ivan;
My Golden Trades (1990)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
A collection of stories about everyday life in Communist Czechoslovakia.
Klíma, Ivan;
My Merry Mornings: Stories from Prague (1986)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
A collection of stories, first published in samizdat and abroad in 1979, about everyday life as a dissident in Communist Czechoslovakia.
Kohout, Pavel;
I Am Snowing: The Confessions of a Woman of Prague (1995)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
In this novel set in post-communist Czechoslovakia, society's search to uncover secret police informants prompts the protagonist, Petra Marová, to revisit past romances.
Kohout, Pavel;
The Widow Killer (2000)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
In German-occupied Prague toward the end of World War II, a Czech detective and a Gestapo agent hunt together for a serial killer, each confronting emotional demons of his own.
Kundera, Milan;
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (2000)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
This novel, the first Kundera wrote in French exile, consists of seven loosely connected parts, in which Kundera explores the themes of history, memory, laughter and other aspects of human life, both within and outside of Communist Czechoslovakia.
Kundera, Milan;
Farewell Waltz (1998)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Written in Czechoslovakia in the early 1970s (Kundera's last work before his French exile), this novel has recently been re-published in a new English translation based on the authorized French edition.
Kundera, Milan;
Immortality (1999)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
The author weaves together the stories of several characters in a symphony-like novel about the gap that sometimes separates the public image of a person from his perception of himself.
Kundera, Milan;
The Joke (1993)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Originally published in Czechoslovakia in 1967, this novel examines the consequences of a joke in a totalitarian society.
Kundera, Milan;
Laughable Loves (1999)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
These short stories, originally published in Czechoslovakia in the 1960s, marked Kundera's debut as a prose writer.
Kundera, Milan;
Life Is Elsewhere (1996)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
An ironic story of the adolescent Jaromil, a talented poet who compromises his art in order to attain fame in a totalitarian society. Written in Czechoslovakia in 1970, first published in French translation in 1973.
Kundera, Milan;
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1999)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
A tale of the impossiblity of love in a world that has become thoroughly politicized. First published in 1985.
Lappin, Elena (ed);
Daylight in Nightclub Inferno: Czech Fiction from
the Post-Kundera Generation (1997)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
An anthology of contemporary Czech fiction. See Kathleen Hayes's review in CER.
Lustig, Arnošt;
Children of the Holocaust (1995)
(from Amazon.com)
This edition includes stories from Lustig's collections Night and Hope (1957) and Diamonds of the Night (1958), depicting existence in a concentration camp during the Second World War.
Meyrink, Gustav;
Golem (1997)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
A dream fantasy about old Jewish Prague and a classic retelling of the old legend about Rabbi Loew of Prague, who is said to have created a man out of clay to protect the Jews from the Christians. Originally written in German and published in 1915.
Murrer, Ewald;
The Diary of Mr. Pinke (1995)
(from Amazon.com)
See James Partridge's review in CER.
Murrer, Ewald;
Dreams at the End of the Night (1999)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
See James Partridge's review in CER.
Neruda, Jan;
Prague Tales (1993)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Written in 1878, this collection of short stories set in Prague's Little Quarter (Malá strana) is a classic of Czech literature.
Němcová, Božena;
The Grandmother (1996)
A classic of Czech literature, first published in 1855.
See James Partridge's review in CER.
Seifert, Jaroslav;
The Poetry of Jaroslav Seifert (1998)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
See James Partridge's review in CER.
Šimečka, Martin M;
The Year of the Frog: A Novel (1995)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
A coming-of-age novel set in Bratislava toward the end of the Communist period, originally published in the Slovak samizdat.
Škvorecký, Josef;
The Engineer of Human Souls (1999)
(from Amazon.com)
As a Czech exile and teacher of English literature, the protagonist Danny's mind wanders between his hours spent teaching at a high school in the snow-covered Canadian plains and his youth in war-time Bohemia.
Škvorecký, Josef;
Headed for the Blues: A Memoir (1999)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Jazz plays a central role in both the style and content of Škvorecký's memoir.
Škvorecký, Josef;
When Eve Was Naked (2000)
Read a story from this collection in CER.
Škvorecký Bibliography
Go to an extensive list of works by and about Josef Škvorecký.
Topol, Jáchym;
Sister City Silver (2000)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
The first novel by the young Czech poet and rock lyricist Jáchym Topol. Winner of the Egon Hostovský Prize as best Czech book of the year.
Topol Bibliography
Go to a list of works by Jáchym Topol.
Vaculík, Ludvík;
The Axe (1994)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Vaculík tells the story of a young man from Prague, who during a visit to his home in Eastern Moravia comes to question some of his oldest truths. First published in 1966, this was one of the most influential Czech novels of the 1960s.
Vaculík, Ludvík;
The Guinea Pigs (1986)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Vaculík's allegorical comment on the state of mind of Czechoslovaks after the Soviet invasion in 1968. Also the first book to be published in Vaculík's own underground publishing house Edice Petlice.
Weil, Jiří;
Life with a Star (1998)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
A celebrated Czech author of the 1930s and 1940s, Weil depicts the gloomy life for a Czech Jew in Prague during the German occupation. Based on the real life experiences of the author.
Weil, Jiří;
Mendelssohn Is on the Roof (1998)
(from Amazon.com)
This 1960 novel is an ironic story of life in Nazi-occupied Prague.

Memoirs, Biography & Essays

Čapek, Karel and T G Masaryk;
Talks With T G Masaryk (1995)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Through years of interviews, Karel Čapek reveals the life and mind of Tomaš Garrigue Masaryk.
Dubček, Alexander (with Jiří Hochman);
Hope Dies Last: The Autobiography of Alexander Dubcek (1993)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
The autobiography of Alexander Dubček, the leader of the Prague Spring.
Havel, Václav;
Disturbing the Peace: A Conversation With Karel Hvizdala (1991)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
In this series of interviews, Havel speaks about his life, Czech history, and the reasons behind the revolutions throughout Central and Eastern Europe.
Havel, Václav;
Letters to Olga, June 1979-September 1982 (1990)
(from Amazon.com)
Havel, Václav (edited by Jan Vladislav);
Living in Truth (1989, first edition 1987)
(from Amazon.com)
Havel, Václav;
Open Letters: Selected Writings 1965-1990 (1992)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
A collection of letters, essays and interviews reflecting Havel's path from playwright to national hero and president. Provides insight into both his philosophy and development as a writer.
Havel, Václav;
Summer Meditations (1993)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Havel meditates on his continuing philosophy from his new position as President of the Czech Republic. He ponders human rights, world politics and morality in governance.
Havel, Václav;
The Art of the Impossible:
Politics As Morality in Practice: Speeches and Writings 1990-1996 (1998)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Keane, John;
Vaclav Havel: A Political Tragedy in Six Acts (1999)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
See Kieran Williams's review in CER.
Klaus, Václav;
Renaissance: The Rebirth of Liberty in the Heart of Europe (1997)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
A collection of Klaus's essays and speeches dealing with post-Communist transitions, privatization and the Czech Republic's place in Europe and the world.
Klíma, Ivan;
The Spirit of Prague and Other Essays (1998)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
In this collection of essays, Klima examines his life in a concentration camp, postwar Czechoslovakia and the emptiness of modern culture.
Kovaly, Heda;
Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague 1941-1968 (1997)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
A powerful autobiography of a woman who survived both the Holocaust and the Stalinist 1950s. A tragic tale of loss and survival, this work is one of the most striking accounts of the darkest period of the 20th century in the Czech lands.
Kundera, Milan;
The Art of the Novel (2000)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
In this collection of essays from 1986, Kundera discusses the art of the novel, his favorite European authors and his own work.
Kundera, Milan;
Testaments Betrayed: An Essay in Nine Parts (1995)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
In this long essay, Kundera returns to a discussion of the art of the novel and examines such subjects as the experience of exile and the art of translation.
Patočka, Jan;
Body, Community, Language, World (1997)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Building on the thought of Husserl and Heidegger, the Czech philosopher Patočka explores the subjects of body, community and the phenomenological understanding of the world.
Ripellino, Angela Maria;
Magic Prague (1995)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Simmons, Michael;
The Reluctant President: A Political Life of Vaclav Havel (1991)
(from Amazon.com)
A useful biography of the Czech president.

Politics

Fawn, Rick;
The Czech Republic: A Nation of Velvet (2000)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Provides a clear and accessible account of the developments in Czech and Slovak politics since the fall of Communism.
Goldman, Minton F;
Slovakia Since Independence: A Struggle for Democracy (1999)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Provides a clear and accessible account of the developments in Czech and Slovak politics since the fall of Communism.
Leff, Carol Skalnik;
The Czech and Slovak Republics: Nation versus State (1997)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Provides a clear and accessible account of the developments in Czech and Slovak politics since the fall of Communism.
Musil, Jiří (ed);
The End of Czechoslovakia (1995)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
This excellent collection on the break-up of 1992 contains essays by some of the most renowned scholars in the field and is wide-ranging in scope.
Shepherd, Robin H E;
Czechoslovakia: The Velvet Revolution and Beyond (2000)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Provides a clear and accessible account of the developments in Czech and Slovak politics since the fall of Communism.
See Magali Perrault's review in CER.
Stein, Eric;
Czecho/Slovakia: Ethnic Conflict, Constitutional Fissure,
Negotiated Breakup (1997)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
This excellent book on the break-up of 1992 focuses on the constitutional negotiations of 1990-1992 and is full of fascinating details.
Wolchik, Sharon L;
Czechoslovakia in Transition: Politics, Economics and Society (1993)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
Provides a clear and accessible account of the developments in Czech and Slovak politics since the fall of Communism.

Travel & Tourism

Jacobs, Michael;
Blue Guide Prague (1999)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
A reliable guide with a focus on art, architecture and history.
Naughton, James (ed);
Traveller's Literary Companion: Eastern and Central Europe (1995)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
See James Partridge's review in CER.
Soukup, Vladimir and Brown, Deni;
Dorling Kindersley Travel Guides: Prague (1999)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
The "Eyewitness Guides" are easy to use and well-liked for their rich graphics.
Wilson, Paul (ed);
Prague: A Traveler's Literary Companion (1995)
(from Amazon.com), (from Amazon.co.uk)
An anthology of 23 stories, contemporary as well as classic, set in Prague.

Selection by Magali Perrault and Julie Hansen.

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