- 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.
- Uniform Title
- Moje šílené století. English
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Klíma, Ivan, author.
- Published
- New York : Grove Press, [2013]
©2013
- Locale
- Czech Republic
Prague
Terezín (Ústecký kraj)
- Contents
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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.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Cravens, Craig Stephen, 1965-
- Notes
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First published in Czech as two volumes: Moje šílené století and Moje šílené století II. Prague : Academia, 2009-2010. Prague.
Abridged from the original Czech edition.
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.
