The Resource My crazy century, Ivan Klima ; translated from the Czech by Craig Cravens
My crazy century, Ivan Klima ; translated from the Czech by Craig Cravens
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- Summary
- Czech writer Ivan Klima masterfully recounts, first, what it was like for him as a Jewish child confronting with his family the inhumanities of the Theresienstadt concentration camp situated at the edge of their hometown, Prague. Then, more fully, he painstakingly recalls what it was like for him and his countrymen after the Nazi thugs were driven out by the Soviet Army and replaced for four decades by the Communist thugs. Includes an appendix of essays on topics ranging from social history and political thinking to love and liberty
- Language
-
- eng
- cze
- eng
- Extent
- 534 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
-
- First published in Czech as two volumes: Moje silene stoleti and Moje silene stoleti II. Prague : Academia, 2009-2010. Prague
- Abridged from the original Czech edition
- Contents
-
- Prologue
- Part I
- Part II --Epilogue
- Ideological Murderers
- Utopias
- The Victors and the Defeated
- The Party
- Revolution---Terror and Fear
- Abused Youth
- The Necessity of Faith
- Dictators and Dictatorship
- The Betrayal of the Intellectuals
- On Propaganda
- Dogmatists and Fanatics
- Weary Dictators and Rebels
- Dreams and Reality
- Life in Subjugation
- Occupation, Collaboration, and Intellectual Riffraff
- Self-Criticism
- (Secret Police)
- The Elite
- Isbn
- 9780802121707
- Label
- My crazy century
- Title
- My crazy century
- Statement of responsibility
- Ivan Klima ; translated from the Czech by Craig Cravens
- Subject
-
- Jews -- Czech Republic | Prague -- Biography
- Klima, Ivan
- truePrague Spring, 1968
- truePrague, Czech Republic
- Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) -- Biography
- trueTotalitarianism
- trueWorld War II -- Jews
- trueAuthors, Czech -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueCommunism -- Czechoslovakia
- trueConcentration camp survivors
- trueHolocaust (1933-1945)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Czech Republic | Terezin (Ustecky kraj) -- Biography
- trueJews
- Language
-
- eng
- cze
- eng
- Summary
- Czech writer Ivan Klima masterfully recounts, first, what it was like for him as a Jewish child confronting with his family the inhumanities of the Theresienstadt concentration camp situated at the edge of their hometown, Prague. Then, more fully, he painstakingly recalls what it was like for him and his countrymen after the Nazi thugs were driven out by the Soviet Army and replaced for four decades by the Communist thugs. Includes an appendix of essays on topics ranging from social history and political thinking to love and liberty
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10225617
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Klíma, Ivan
- Dewey number
- B
- Illustrations
-
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1965-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Cravens, Craig Stephen
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Klima, Ivan
- Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)
- Authors, Czech
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Jews
- Label
- My crazy century, Ivan Klima ; translated from the Czech by Craig Cravens
- Note
-
- First published in Czech as two volumes: Moje silene stoleti and Moje silene stoleti II. Prague : Academia, 2009-2010. Prague
- Abridged from the original Czech edition
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
- text
- Contents
- Prologue -- Part I -- Part II --Epilogue -- Ideological Murderers -- Utopias -- The Victors and the Defeated -- The Party -- Revolution---Terror and Fear -- Abused Youth -- The Necessity of Faith -- Dictators and Dictatorship -- The Betrayal of the Intellectuals -- On Propaganda -- Dogmatists and Fanatics -- Weary Dictators and Rebels -- Dreams and Reality -- Life in Subjugation -- Occupation, Collaboration, and Intellectual Riffraff -- Self-Criticism -- (Secret Police) -- The Elite
- Control code
- 000052369326
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 534 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780802121707
- Other physical details
- portraits
- Label
- My crazy century, Ivan Klima ; translated from the Czech by Craig Cravens
- Note
-
- First published in Czech as two volumes: Moje silene stoleti and Moje silene stoleti II. Prague : Academia, 2009-2010. Prague
- Abridged from the original Czech edition
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
- text
- Contents
- Prologue -- Part I -- Part II --Epilogue -- Ideological Murderers -- Utopias -- The Victors and the Defeated -- The Party -- Revolution---Terror and Fear -- Abused Youth -- The Necessity of Faith -- Dictators and Dictatorship -- The Betrayal of the Intellectuals -- On Propaganda -- Dogmatists and Fanatics -- Weary Dictators and Rebels -- Dreams and Reality -- Life in Subjugation -- Occupation, Collaboration, and Intellectual Riffraff -- Self-Criticism -- (Secret Police) -- The Elite
- Control code
- 000052369326
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 534 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780802121707
- Other physical details
- portraits
Subject
- Jews -- Czech Republic | Prague -- Biography
- Klima, Ivan
- truePrague Spring, 1968
- truePrague, Czech Republic
- Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) -- Biography
- trueTotalitarianism
- trueWorld War II -- Jews
- trueAuthors, Czech -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueCommunism -- Czechoslovakia
- trueConcentration camp survivors
- trueHolocaust (1933-1945)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Czech Republic | Terezin (Ustecky kraj) -- Biography
- trueJews
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