Series Volume Number
Vol. 16
Lc Classification Number
Pg512.C49 2004
Reviews
'We have a book here which offers valuable insights into an analysis of three literatures as they have evolved over the first decade following the collapse of Communism.'- MLR One of the strengths of this work lies in its comparative nature. It does not treat Czech and Slovak writers as mere material for comparison: It presents them as full-fledged players… The study has two more great strengths. The first, though merely technical, is not to be taken lightly: the corpus of works under discussion represents a judiciously chosen reading listof the most significant fiction in the three literatures during the decade following the fall of Communism… The other strength lies in the clear, concise, but never reductionist analysesof the main contribution to the corpus. - Michael Heim, University of California, Los Angeles. Review in Slavic and East European Journal, 'We have a book here which offers valuable insights into an analysis of three literatures as they have evolved over the first decade following the collapse of Communism.' - MLR One of the strengths of this work lies in its comparative nature. It does not treat Czech and Slovak writers as mere material for comparison: It presents them as full-fledged players... The study has two more great strengths. The first, though merely technical, is not to be taken lightly: the corpus of works under discussion represents a judiciously chosen reading list of the most significant fiction in the three literatures during the decade following the fall of Communism... The other strength lies in the clear, concise, but never reductionist analyses of the main contribution to the corpus. - Michael Heim, University of California, Los Angeles. Review in Slavic and East European Journal
Table of Content
Acknowledgements Author's Note Introduction 1. The Fiction of the Changes: Context and Reception 2. Deaths of Authors: Venedikt Erofeev, Bohumil Hrabal, Pavel Vilikovský 3. Giving a Shape to One's Fate: Evgenii Popov, Petr Placák, Peter Pist'anek 4. The Subversion of Realism: Aleksandr Ivanchenko, Tat'iana Tolstaia, Dusan Mitana 5. Writing as Being: Jirí Kratochvil, Zuzana Brabcová, Daniela Hodrová, Michal Ajvaz, Jáchym Topol 6. Empty Words: Vladimir Sorokin, Ján Litvák, Ivan Kolenic 7. Learning to Live With Emptiness: Viktor Pelevin, Václav Kahuda, Vlado Balla Conclusion: To Speak or Not to Speak Endnotes Bibliography
Copyright Date
2004
Target Audience
College Audience
Lccn
2004-011265
Dewey Decimal
891.8
Series
Basees/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies
Dewey Edition
22
