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Attempting to go beyond the tourist cliche of Prague as the golden city , this book seeks to bring out all the mystery, ambiguity, gloom, lethargy and hidden fascination of the city on the Vltava. Rippellino slips into the style of melodrama and ghost stories, blending fact and fiction as he writes of the time of Rudolf II, the alchemists, the Jewish quarter, the Golem, the pubs, Meyrink and Zech Dadaists, and of Hasak and Kafka. During his tour through the city, Rippellino pauses to point out not only the splendours of the Gothic and Baroque, but highlights the refuse of the junk sellers, the flea market remains, the crumbling relics, which are equally important to understand the city's history. This book aims to be much more than a literary and cultural history of Prague: it is both a celebration and requiem for an oppressed culture.Product Identifiers
PublisherPan Macmillan
ISBN-139780330337793
eBay Product ID (ePID)88465037
Product Key Features
Book TitleMagic Prague
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1995
TopicHistory, Travel Writing
TypeTextbook
AuthorAngelo Maria Ripellino
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height197 mm
Item Weight285 g
Item Width130 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorAngelo Maria Ripellino
