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Josef Capek - Shadow of the Holly-Fern, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2027

Shadow of the Holly-Fern

Av Josef Capek

Del i serien Modern Czech Classics

239 kr

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The first English translation of Josef Capek’s classic novella explores what happens when a single violent act changes everything.Two young poachers are caught by a gamekeeper and, in a moment of panic, shoot him. What began as a reckless adventure in pursuit of a deer becomes a desperate and increasingly hopeless flight through the forest. Shadow of the Holly-Fern stands among the finest literary achievements of Josef Capek, the Czech painter and illustrator who died in a Nazi concentration camp in 1945 for his democratic convictions. The balladic novella is distinguished by its powerful portrayal of the fugitives’ inner lives; initially intoxicated by the beauty of the forest and a sense of freedom, they gradually succumb to mounting despair. Its intense focus on guilt and conscience recalls Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, while its language remains intensely lyrical and evocative. First published in 1930, the book remains one of the enduring masterpieces of Czech literature and is presented here in English for the first time in a lucid translation by Geoffrey Chew.
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Josef Capek (1887–1945) was a Czech writer, painter, illustrator, and one of the leading figures of Czech modernism. The elder brother of Karel Capek, he collaborated with him while also establishing himself as a major artist and author in his own right. Arrested by the Nazis for his anti-fascist views, he died in a concentration camp shortly before the end of the Second World War. Geoffrey Chew is emeritus professor of music at Royal Holloway, University of London, and has previously taught at the University of Aberdeen and the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, as well as the Institute of Musicology at Masaryk University in Brno. As a translator of Czech literature, he has published two selections of short stories, And My Head Exploded: Tales of Desire, Delirium and Decadence from Fin-de-Siècle Prague and Beyond the World of Men: Women’s Fiction at the Czech Fin de Siècle, as well as Karel Hynek Mácha’s Gypsies.

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