Prose
This distinctive novel is set in various shadowy settings about Prague, such as the belfry of St. Nicholas’s church, Petřín hill, a Malá strana café, Café Slavia, and the large Klementinum historical library. These are the places where a lonely young man walks at the ghostly hours of night and where flashes of the symbolic Other City emerge mingled with the reality of old Prague. All this is veiled in a dreamy atmosphere, the mysterious contents of which draw the narrator like a moth to a flame.
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Other selected published translations (8)
Другой город Russian
Moderstwo w hotelu Intercontinental. Powrót starego warana. Inne miasto Polish
The Other City English
En Annan Stad Swedish
Den andre byen Norwegian
L'Altra Praga Italian
Kitas miestas Lithuanian
De andere stad Dutch