When Eve Was Naked
Synopsis
This autobiography in stories, When Eve Was Naked, takes us through a most remarkable life, from the innocence of prewar Prague through the horrors of the Nazi occupation and World War II. In the title story, narrated by Skvorecky's alter-ego Danny Smiricky, seven-year-old Danny falls in love for the first time; at sixteen he hides in a railway station and watches as his Jewish teacher is herded onto a train and taken away; and in 1968, as Russian tanks rolled into Prague, Skvorecky flees Czechoslovakia, taking Danny with him. In the collection's final stories, Danny begins his tenure as Professor Smiricky at a Canadian university and attempts to come to terms with the politically innocent and self-centered youth that flock to his courses.
- Copyright:
- 2000 Josef Škvorecký
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- ISBN-13:
- 9781466893993
- Publisher:
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Date of Addition:
- 2018-02-27T23:19:23Z
- Language:
- English
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- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.