My First Loves (English and Czech Edition)

By Ivan Klíma

Book Overview

"The voice [in these stories] is clear and intelligent and brave. Mr. Klima has climbed the mast." New York Times

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060158662
• ISBN13: 9780060158668
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Harper & Row
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Klima's prose is both insightful and beautiful...

Ivan Klima has a way of telling about life behind the Iron Curtain that somehow doesn't make you pity the people there. His short stories let you explore the past and another culture through the eyes of ordinary people. Klima's style is easy to read and even poetic at times. I would definetly recommend Klima to a friend.

very nice short-stories from the Czechoslovak communism

This book shows that even the life in the "goulash communism" had some poetics in it. If you want to learn about the lands that were behind the Iron Curtain and don't feel like going through some horrors or thorough scholarly work - choose Klima.