Pavel Mandys

Prague Noir

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The noir quotient of this legendary Eastern European city will enthrall and terrify readers from across the globe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blackstone Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 132mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9781617755293
• ISBN-10: 161775529X
• Artikelnr.: 47744763

Autorenporträt

Pavel Mandys is a Czech journalist, book critic, and organizer of the annual Czech book award Magnesia Litera. He is the author of Prague: City of Literature and currently lives in the Prague neighborhood of Smichov.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Introduction Part I: Sharp Lads
"Three Musketeers" by Martin Goffa (VySehrad)
"Amateurs" by stepán Kopriva (Hostivar)
"Disappearances on the Bridge" by MiloS Urban (Charles Bridge)
"The Dead Girl from a Haunted House" by Jirí W. Procházka (Exhibition Grounds) Part II: Magical Prague
"The Magical Amulet" by Chaim Cigan (Pankrác)
"Marl Circle" by Ondrej Neff (Malá Strana)
"The Cabinet of Seven Pierced Books" by Petr Stancík (Josefov) Part III: Shadows of the Past
"The Life and Work of Baroness Mautnic" by Katerina Tucková (New Town)
"All the Old Disguises" by Markéta Pilátová (Grébovka)
"Percy Thrillington" by Michal Sýkora (Pohorelec) Part IV: In Jeopardy
"Better Life" by Michaela Klevisová (Zizkov)
"Another Worst Day" by Petra Soukupová (Letná)
"Olda No. 3" by Irena Hejdová (OlSany Cemetery)
"Epiphany, or Whatever You Wish" by Petr sabach (Bubenec)