Czech time. The big history of a small country: from Saint Wenceslas to Václav Havel
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The new book of the famous writer Andrei Sharogo, the author of intellectual bestsellers about central and southeastern Europe, is dedicated to the country in which he has been living for a quarter of a century. The Czech Republic is located in the center of the Old World, on the border of the Slavic and German worlds, and this largely determined its stormy and rich history. Readers will learn about how it develops, how the Czech Republic is developing, and about how year after year, a decade after a decade, a century after century has been moving forward Czech time. This is a fascinating journey in time and space: along the key episodes of Czech history, along the perimeter of Czech borders, along the pages of the main Czech books and according to the biographies of famous Czechs. The birthplace of Vaclav Gavel and Yaroslav Gashek, Karel Gott and Yana Hus, Yaromir Jagra and Karel Chapek seems to many well -known country and at the same time often remains completely unknown to them.
At the same time, “Czech Time” - and the author’s private story, a story about the search for orientation in a foreign environment, personal experience of penetration into an unfamiliar society. This is an attempt to understand where the origins of Czech freedom of freedom and commitment to the ideals of civil society, the search for answers to questions about how the traditions of informal culture, non-appropriate art, a special sense of humor were formed in the Czech Republic, why Czech-Russian ties were so difficult, as in the relations of two The peoples arose and collapsed stereotypes
At the same time, “Czech Time” - and the author’s private story, a story about the search for orientation in a foreign environment, personal experience of penetration into an unfamiliar society. This is an attempt to understand where the origins of Czech freedom of freedom and commitment to the ideals of civil society, the search for answers to questions about how the traditions of informal culture, non-appropriate art, a special sense of humor were formed in the Czech Republic, why Czech-Russian ties were so difficult, as in the relations of two The peoples arose and collapsed stereotypes
Author:
Author:Шарый А.
Cover:
Cover:Solid in Super Bid
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:History & Geography
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-389-19978-1
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