{"product_id":"daylight-in-nightclub-inferno-czech-fiction-from-the-post-kundera-generation-edited-and-introduced-by-elena-lappin","title":"'Daylight in Nightclub Inferno: Czech Fiction from the Post-Kundera Generation' edited and introduced by Elena Lappin","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden min-h-8 relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"streaming-animation LR5Y_W_content markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"auto\"\u003eA very bower books book.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThis is an anthology of Czech fiction written after the Velvet Revolution, deliberately positioned against the internationally dominant image of Czech literature created by Kundera, Hrabal, Škvorecký and the dissident generation before them. Lappin gathers stories and novel excerpts from writers coming into their own after 1989, when the old ideological enemy had disappeared but the world had not exactly produced psychic tranquillity in its place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThere’s surrealism, black comedy, domestic collapse, sex, cultural drift and the strange flatness of living after the supposedly decisive event. Contributors include Jáchym Topol, Michal Ajvaz, Tereza Boučková, Jiří Kratochvil, Alexandra Berková, Michal Viewegh and others, translated by a substantial group of Czech-English translators. It was one of the first English-language anthologies devoted specifically to this younger generation of Czech writers. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatbird Press, North Haven, Connecticut, 1997. First edition. Paperback. Light shelf wear and rubbing to covers; internally clean and unmarked, binding firm. Very good condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50547096649811,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/womenintranslation-2026-09-26T105444.771.png?v=1790384099","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/daylight-in-nightclub-inferno-czech-fiction-from-the-post-kundera-generation-edited-and-introduced-by-elena-lappin","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}