Jan Novak
Author of Turnaround: A Memoir
About the Author
Works by Jan Novak
Commies, Crooks, Gypsies, Spooks & Poets: Thirteen Books of Prague in the Year of the Great Lice Epidemic (1995) 22 copies, 1 review
Schola Cantans (translations) 3 copies
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- Canonical name
- Novák, Jan
- Legal name
- Novák, Jan
- Birthdate
- 1953
- Education
- Shimer College
University of Chicago (BA|MA) - Short biography
- Jan Novák (b. 1953) is a Czech-American author, screenwriter and playwright. He has published extensively in both Czech and English, also translating numerous works of Vaclav Havel into English. His English-language novels include Commies, Crooks, Gypsies, Spooks, and Poets and The Willys Dream Kit. Novák received his undergraduate education at Shimer College, a small Great Books college in Illinois, and later at the University of Chicago, where he also completed his master's degree. Novák has received numerous awards for his work, including the Carl Sandburg Award and the Magnesia Litera award. (from Shimer College Wiki)
- Nationality
- Czech Republic
- Birthplace
- Kolin, Czechoslovakia
- Associated Place (for map)
- Kolin, Czechoslovakia
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Commies, crooks, gypsies, spooks & poets : thirteen books of Prague in the year of the Great Lice Epidemic by Jan Novak
Jan Novak was born and grew up in Czechoslovakia, in a Provincial Town of Thirty Thousand Souls. He frequently reminds us of this fact, with capital letters. There are many such capital letters in the book and if Egregiously Unnecessary and Pretentious Capitalization annoys you, this is not the book for you. Aside from this eccentric authorial quirk, the narrative of Novak's return to his native land with family in tow, in the wake of the collapse of Communism, is often interesting. The show more story of the lice epidemic is particularly memorable, with a surprising denouement. show less
Četl jsem kdysi román a teď i comicsovou verzi, román mi sedl víc, protože má víc prostoru na to se téhle látce věnovat podrobněji, včetně motivací a osudů postav, jednotlivých krizových situací a podobně. Comics je až moc zkratkovitý.
Rudolf Vrba a Alfréd Wetzler. Dva vězni z Osvětimi, kterým byla přisouzena historická role utéct z koncentráku a podat světu svědectví o zvěrstvech páchaných v nacistických továrnách na smrt. Pravděpodobnost, že se jejich záměr zdaří, byla mizivá, ale nakonec byli uprchlíci přece jenom úspěšní. Když se dostali do bezpečí židovské komunity v Žilině, jejich pocit, že mají vyhráno, brzy vyprchal. Pochopili, že ani tady nejsou mezi svými a že jim hrozí show more smrt téměř jako v Osvětimi. A tak se Vrba s Wetzlerem ocitají opět na začátku své mise. Nikdo jim nevěří a jejich zprávu nebere svět dostatečně vážně. Přitom hrají o čas. Je totiž zapotřebí zastavit plánované židovské transporty, které mají doručit do vyhlazovacího tábora tisíce Židů… (fonte: csfd.cz) show less
Feb 25, 2022Italian
Nell'aprile del 1944 ebbe luogo la meno nota grande fuga della Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Due cecoslovacchi, Rudolf Vrba e Alfred Wetzler, ebrei slovacchi, scapparono via sebbene sapessero che nessuno era riuscito a fuggire dalla fabbrica della morte di Auschwitz. Corsero perché avevano una missione: salvare le centinaia di migliaia di ebrei ungheresi che erano i prossimi in fila e informare il mondo. Non capivano perché nessuno avesse fatto qualcosa sull'inferno di Auschwitz.
Mar 8, 2019Italian
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