The Thing About Prague
18
%
204 Kč 249 Kč
Sleva až 70% u třetiny knih
When Rachael Weiss left a good job, Thelma the cat and a normal life in Sydney for the romantic dream of being a writer in Prague she intended to stay forever. She lasted just three years, exasperated by the eccentricities of her ancestral city and its mind-boggling bureaucracy and customs.
In this surprising and generous memoir full of warmth and unstoppable sociability, Rachael attempts to write her great novel, buy an apartment (any apartment!), dodge unscrupulous employers, and perhaps find love. She gets lost in the woods with a Kyrgyzstani software engineer who wants to eat humans, finds herself leading services at the Spanish synagogue with no real idea of what she is doing and spends long nights drinking beer with a colourful cast of crazy, warm and slightly mad locals and expats.
Rich in absurdities and gentle humour, The Thing About Prague... is rife with insight, culture clashes, friendships and above all charm.
About the author
Rachael Weiss is an Australian author, currently living and writing in Dublin. Apart from her first two books, Are We There Yet? and Me, Myself and Prague, her greatest achievement to date is her fourth place in the 1996 New South Wales Scrabble tournament. She is currently working on her fourth book.
Autor: | Weiss Rachel |
Nakladatel: | Atlantic Books |
Rok vydání: | 2015 |
Jazyk : | Angličtina |
Vazba: | Paperback |
Počet stran: | 384 |
Mohlo by se vám také líbit..
-
Me, Myself and Prague: An Unreliable ...
Weiss Rachel
-
The Storm
Cable, Vince
-
When Hoopoes Go to Heaven
Parkin, Gaile
-
Meltwater
Michael Ridpath
-
Dead Europe
Christos Tsiolkas
-
The Chef
Martin Suter
-
The Girl with Glass Feet
Shaw, Ali
-
Nocturnal Animals
Austin McGiffert Wright
-
Babylon : Mesopotamia and the Birth o...
Paul Kriwaczek
-
Blind Goddess
Anne Holt
-
Between the Assassinations
Aravind Adiga
-
Torch
Strayedová Cheryl
-
All the Missing Girls
Miranda, Megan
-
Havel: A Life
Žantovský Michael
-
Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole: Extrao...
Ropper Allan, Burrell B. D.
-
Tribune of Rome
Robert Fabbri