Czech literature

Book Review: The Swallows Are Watching — Radka Denemarková’s Dark, Restless “A Contribution to the History of Joy”

October 18, 2026
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In this ambitious Czech novel, a detective’s inquiry into an apparent suicide becomes a meditation on violence against women, historical memory, and the possibility of joy.

Book Review: “The Man Between” — Homage to a Translator Extraordinaire

January 21, 2015
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The Man Between offers a fascinating glimpse of the late master translator Michael Henry Heim, its reportedly modest and reticent protagonist.

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