Karolinum Press

Karolinum Press, the publishing house of Charles University in Prague, was founded in 1990 and has so far published around 5,500 titles. One of its major projects is the publishing of Czech fiction and its translation into world languages.

The Lesser Histories
Jan Zábrana
Trans. Justin Quinn
Why I Write
Bohumil Hrabal
Trans. David Short
A Czech Dreambook
Ludvík Vaculík
Trans. Gerald Turner
The Shop on Main Street
Ladislav Grosman
Trans. Iris Urwin Lewit
The Pied Piper
Viktor Dyk
Trans. Mark Corner
We're Still at War
Post Bellum (ed.)
Trans. Antonín Hluštík, Coilin O'Connor, Adam Prentis, Ian Willoughby
The Well at Morning
Bohuslav Reynek
Trans. Justin Quinn
The Cremator
Ladislav Fuks
Trans. Eva M. Kandler
God's Rainbow
Jaroslav Durych
Trans. David Short
Midway Upon the Journey of Our Life
Josef Jedlička
Trans. Alex Zucker
Of Mice and Mooshaber
Ladislav Fuks
Trans. Mark Corner
Everyday Spooks
Karel Michal
Trans. David Short
Pirouettes on a Postage Stamp
Bohumil Hrabal
Trans. David Short

Title Author Year Translator
The Lesser Histories Jan Zábrana 2022 Justin Quinn
Why I Write Bohumil Hrabal 2019 David Short
A Czech Dreambook Ludvík Vaculík 2019 Gerald Turner
The Shop on Main Street Ladislav Grosman 2019 Iris Urwin Lewit
The Pied Piper Viktor Dyk 2018 Mark Corner
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals J.R. Pick 2018 Alex Zucker
We’re Still at War Post Bellum (ed.) 2018 Antonín Hluštík, Coilin O'Connor, Adam Prentis, Ian Willoughby
The Well at Morning Bohuslav Reynek 2017 Justin Quinn
The Cremator Ladislav Fuks 2016 Eva M. Kandler
God’s Rainbow Jaroslav Durych 2016 David Short
Midway Upon the Journey of Our Life Josef Jedlička 2016 Alex Zucker
Of Mice and Mooshaber Ladislav Fuks 2014 Mark Corner
Rambling On: An Apprentice’s Guide to the Gift of the Gab Bohumil Hrabal 2014 David Short
Everyday Spooks Karel Michal 2009 David Short
Pirouettes on a Postage Stamp Bohumil Hrabal 2008 David Short