T.S. Eliot read by Jeremy Irons. “Preludes”: “…The burnt-out ends of smoky days.And now a gusty shower wrapsThe grimy scrapsOf withered leaves about your feetAnd newspapers…
Month: October 2019
As I am getting ready to my lecture about the history of the French language this Sunday, I come across this wonderful book systematizing the development…
Two quite specific Czech progressive rock groups – Už jsme doma and Brutus – to make your evening time strange. Už jsme doma has a lot of instrumental tracks (like…
Karlovy Vary (initially Karlsbad) is very nice to read Milan Kundera in autumn. His “Valčík na rozloučenou” (“Farewell Waltz”, 1972) starts in some unnamed health resort (but the prototype is easily…
21 октября 2019. Карловы Вары, Чехия. Лишний раз комментарий не повредит. Вот такая безобидная формула – это как пресловутые звездочки в договорах. Сразу и не…
Bought this book as a scientific present for my friend in Saint Petersburg who specializes on interior design and furniture — and read it myself…
Jewish Ghetto in Terezín is a must. Take a direct train from Prague to Bohušovice nad Ohří station, then walk through this cozy little town to Terezín proper. The whole town…
The fourth largest castle in the Czech republic is located in Roudnice nad Labem, not far from the railway station. Direct train from the Main Station…
Magistrat (City council) of Ústí nad Labem is very representative of Socialist Modernism and is impressive. Despite gigantism (of which, honestly, most buildings of the period…
This compendium gives the reader a clear notion of what processes the literary landscape of Czechia went through in the course of the 20th century.…