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Arnošt Lustig
This commemorative volume offers readers a truly unique experience. Within a single book, they will find both a facsimile of the first edition of Dita Saxová, Arnošt Lustig's seminal work, and the story of Edita Saxlová, the real-life woman who inspired its protagonist. The book thus brings together the fictional character Dita and her...
Arnošt Lustig & Václav Havel
What links the lives and literary work of the world-renowned writers Arnošt Lustig and Václav Havel? What shaped the themes that permeated their writing throughout their lives? And what lasting legacy and message did they leave behind?This book invites readers to explore these questions. Published in the Homage to...
Petr Jemelka
This book offers an exploration of the history of Czech and Slovak philosophical thought, focusing on how local philosophers have grappled with questions concerning the relationship between humanity and the natural world. Tracing the gradual rise of environmental consciousness within the philosophical discourse, the author maps key themes,...
Zuzana Pospěchová
This monograph offers a fresh and compelling look at prosody in Modern Standard Chinese, exploring how age, gender, and conversational dynamics shape everyday speech. Grounded in Oldřich Švarný’s influential prosodic framework, it draws on a newly created corpus of situational dialogues recorded from seventy Beijing-born speakers.
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