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Karel Hvížďala: A Long-Dead Granddad

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  • Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
  • When: April 10, 2017, 19:00 – 21:00

Karel Hvížďala’s second book of essays Dávno Mrtvý Dědeček (A Long-Dead Granddad) loosely follows on from his previous Osmý den týdne (Eighth Day of the Week). Within its pages major figures of Czech society in the 20th century come to life: painters Jan Zrzavý and Antonín Pelc, novelist Viktor Fischl, cartoonist Vladimír Jiránek, photographers Oldřich Škácha and Josef Koudelka and man of the theatre and poet Jiří Suchý. 

Once again Hvížďala has not written a memoir in the true sense of that word; rather the past inspires him to a critical view of the present.

The book will be introduced by Petr Fischer. Jiří Lábus will read excerpts while Oldřich Kaiser and Dáša Vokatá will perform. 

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