A gorgeously jacketed hardcover anthology of stories set in Prague, by
an international array of brilliant writers.
The Golden City of Prague has long been an intellectual center of the
western world. The writers collected here range from the early
nineteenth century to the present and include both Prague natives and
visitors from elsewhere. Here are stories, legends, and scenes from the
city's past and present, from the Jewish fable of the golem, a
creature conjured from clay, to tales of German and Soviet invasions.
The international array of writers ranges from Franz Kafka to Ivan Klíma
to Bruce Chatwin, and includes the award-winning British playwright Tom
Stoppard and former American Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, both
of whom have Czech roots. Covering the city's venerable Jewish heritage,
the glamour of the belle-époque period, World War II, Communist rule,
the Prague Spring, the Velvet Revolution, and beyond, Prague Stories
weaves a remarkable selection of fiction and nonfiction into a literary
portrait of a fascinating city.