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丿乇 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 鬲丕乇蹖讴蹖 丿乇 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 乇賵卮賳丕蹖蹖
鬲馗丕賴乇讴賳賳丿诏丕賳 亘乇丕蹖 趩賴 丌賲丿賴 亘賵丿賳丿責 爻毓蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┴必嗀� 趩賴 趩蹖夭蹖 乇丕 孬丕亘鬲 讴賳賳丿貙 蹖丕 鬲睾蹖蹖乇 亘丿賴賳丿責 亘賴 趩賴 趩蹖夭蹖 丕毓鬲賯丕丿 丿丕卮鬲賳丿 讴賴 賵丕丿丕乇卮丕賳 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 亘賴 讴鬲讴 禺賵乇丿賳貙 夭賳丿丕賳蹖 卮丿賳貙 蹖丕 丕夭 讴丕乇 亘蹖鈥屭┴ж� 卮丿賳 鬲賳 亘丿賴賳丿責
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First published January 1, 1993
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Ivan Kl铆ma
105听books337听followersIvan Kl铆ma (born 14 September 1931, Prague, born as Ivan Kauders) is a Czech novelist and playwright. He has received the Magnesia Litera Award and the Franz Kafka Prize, among other honors.
Kl铆ma's early childhood in Prague was happy and uneventful, but this all changed with the German invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1938, after the Munich Agreement. He had been unaware that both his parents had Jewish ancestry; neither were observant Jews, but this was immaterial to the Germans.
In November 1941, first his father Vil茅m Kl铆ma, and then in December, he and his mother and brother were ordered to leave for the concentration camp at Theriesenstadt (Terez铆n), where he was to remain until liberation by the Russian Liberation Army in May, 1945. Both he and his parents survived incarceration鈥攁 miracle at that time鈥擳erez铆n was a holding camp for Jews from central and southern Europe, and was regularly cleared of its overcrowded population by transports to "the East", death camps such as Auschwitz.
Kl铆ma has written graphically of this period in articles in the UK literary magazine, Granta, particularly A Childhood in Terezin. It was while living in these extreme conditions that he says he first experienced 鈥渢he liberating power that writing can give鈥�, after reading a school essay to his class. He was also in the midst of a story-telling community, pressed together under remarkable circumstances where death was ever-present. Children were quartered with their mothers, where he was exposed to a rich verbal culture of song and anecdote.
This remarkable and unusual background was not the end of the Kl铆ma's introduction to the great historical forces that shaped mid-century Europe. With liberation came the rise of the Czech Communist regime, and the replacement of Nazi tyranny with proxy Soviet control of the inter-war Czech democratic experiment. Klima became a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.[4] Later, his childhood hopes of fairy tale triumphs of good over evil became an adult awareness that it was often 鈥渘ot the forces of good and evil that do battle with each other, but merely two different evils, in competition for the control of the world鈥�.
The early show trials and murders of those who opposed the new regime had already begun, and Kl铆ma's father was again imprisoned, this time by his own countrymen. It is this dark background that is the crucible out of which Kl铆ma's written material was shaped: the knowledge of the depths of human cruelty, along with a private need for personal integrity, the struggle of the individual to keep whatever personal values the totalitarian regimes he lived under were attempting to obliterate.
For his writing abilities, Ivan Kl铆ma was awarded Franz Kafka Prize in 2002 as a second recipient. His two-volume memoir Moje 拧铆len茅 stolet铆 ("My Crazy Century") won the Czech literary prize, the Magnesia Litera, in the non-fiction category in 2010.
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Kl铆ma's early childhood in Prague was happy and uneventful, but this all changed with the German invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1938, after the Munich Agreement. He had been unaware that both his parents had Jewish ancestry; neither were observant Jews, but this was immaterial to the Germans.
In November 1941, first his father Vil茅m Kl铆ma, and then in December, he and his mother and brother were ordered to leave for the concentration camp at Theriesenstadt (Terez铆n), where he was to remain until liberation by the Russian Liberation Army in May, 1945. Both he and his parents survived incarceration鈥攁 miracle at that time鈥擳erez铆n was a holding camp for Jews from central and southern Europe, and was regularly cleared of its overcrowded population by transports to "the East", death camps such as Auschwitz.
Kl铆ma has written graphically of this period in articles in the UK literary magazine, Granta, particularly A Childhood in Terezin. It was while living in these extreme conditions that he says he first experienced 鈥渢he liberating power that writing can give鈥�, after reading a school essay to his class. He was also in the midst of a story-telling community, pressed together under remarkable circumstances where death was ever-present. Children were quartered with their mothers, where he was exposed to a rich verbal culture of song and anecdote.
This remarkable and unusual background was not the end of the Kl铆ma's introduction to the great historical forces that shaped mid-century Europe. With liberation came the rise of the Czech Communist regime, and the replacement of Nazi tyranny with proxy Soviet control of the inter-war Czech democratic experiment. Klima became a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.[4] Later, his childhood hopes of fairy tale triumphs of good over evil became an adult awareness that it was often 鈥渘ot the forces of good and evil that do battle with each other, but merely two different evils, in competition for the control of the world鈥�.
The early show trials and murders of those who opposed the new regime had already begun, and Kl铆ma's father was again imprisoned, this time by his own countrymen. It is this dark background that is the crucible out of which Kl铆ma's written material was shaped: the knowledge of the depths of human cruelty, along with a private need for personal integrity, the struggle of the individual to keep whatever personal values the totalitarian regimes he lived under were attempting to obliterate.
For his writing abilities, Ivan Kl铆ma was awarded Franz Kafka Prize in 2002 as a second recipient. His two-volume memoir Moje 拧铆len茅 stolet铆 ("My Crazy Century") won the Czech literary prize, the Magnesia Litera, in the non-fiction category in 2010.
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丕夭 讴丕乇 亘丕讴蹖 賳丿丕乇丿. 丕诏乇 丿乇 蹖讴 讴卮賵乇 丿乇爻鬲 賵 丨爻丕亘蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 賵 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀池� 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丿卮 讴丕乇诏丕賴蹖 丿乇爻鬲 讴賳丿貙 亘丕 讴賲丕賱 賲蹖賱 乇賵夭蹖 丿賵丕夭丿賴 爻丕毓鬲 讴丕乇 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 乇卅蹖爻 禺賵丿卮 賲蹖鈥屫ㄙ堌� 賳賴 賳賵讴乇 蹖讴 丌丿賲 丿蹖诏乇 氐 171 讴鬲丕亘
賮賯胤 丿丕乇賲 賲蹖鈥屭堐屬� 讴賴 賲毓賲賵賱丕 亘毓囟蹖鈥屬囏� 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ辟嗀� 賵 丿蹖诏乇丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘж操嗀�. 亘毓囟蹖 賵賯鬲鈥屬囏� 賲毓賱賵賲 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 讴賴 亘丕夭賳丿賴鈥屬囏� 賴賲丕賳鈥屬囏й屰屸€屫з嗀� 讴賴 賮讴乇 賲蹖鈥屭┴必嗀� 亘乇丿賴鈥屫з嗀� 賵 亘丕賱毓讴爻. 氐 177 讴鬲丕亘
賮乇氐鬲 鬲丕乇蹖禺蹖 趩蹖爻鬲責 氐乇賮丕 賱丨馗賴鈥屫й屸€� 丕爻鬲 讴賴 胤蹖 丌賳 賲乇丿賲 亘丕賵乇卮丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 讴賴 鬲賵丕賳爻鬲賴鈥屫з嗀� 噩乇蹖丕賳 鬲丕乇蹖禺 乇丕 賯胤毓 讴賳賳丿 賵 丿乇 賳鬲蹖噩賴 賮囟丕蹖蹖 亘乇丕蹖 賲丕賳賵乇 丿丕丿賳 亘诏卮丕蹖賳丿. 丕蹖賳 讴賴 丌蹖丕 賵丕賯毓丕 亘賴 丕蹖賳 讴丕乇 丿爻鬲 蹖丕夭蹖丿賴鈥屫з嗀� 蹖丕 丿乇 賵丕賯毓 亘賴 趩蹖夭蹖 禺丕鬲賲賴 丿丕丿賴鈥屫з嗀� 賲賵囟賵毓蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賮賯胤 禺賵丿 鬲丕乇蹖禺 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀� 丿乇亘丕乇賴鈥屫ж� 賯囟丕賵鬲 讴賳丿. 氐 186 讴鬲丕亘
- 芦賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 丌丿賲鈥屬囏� 乇丕 丌賳賯丿乇 丌賴爻鬲賴 賲爻賲賵賲 讴乇丿 讴賴 賴蹖趩 讴爻 賲鬲賵噩賴 賳卮賵丿.禄
- 芦賲賳馗賵乇鬲 亘丕 鬲賱賵蹖夭蹖賵賳 丕爻鬲責禄
丿禺鬲乇 诏賮鬲: 芦 賲賲讴賳賴. 丕賲丕 亘乇丕蹖 丕蹖賳 讴丕乇 乇丕賴鈥屬囏й� 夭蹖丕丿蹖 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇丿. 賲孬賱 卮蹖賵賴鈥屫й� 讴賴 倬丕賳夭丿賴 爻丕賱 丿乇 賲丿乇爻賴 賲爻賲賵賲鈥屬呚з� 賲蹖鈥屭┴必嗀�.禄 氐 198 讴鬲丕亘
丌丿賲鈥屬囏� 亘丕 賴賲 丌卮賳丕 賲蹖鈥屫促堎嗀� 丕夭 賴賲 噩丿丕 賲蹖鈥屫促堎嗀� 賵 卮丕蹖丿 蹖讴 乇賵夭 丿賵亘丕乇賴 亘賴 賴賲 亘乇 亘禺賵乇賳丿貙 丕賲丕 丌丿賲鈥屬囏й� 丿蹖诏乇蹖 卮丿賴鈥屫з嗀�. 氐 225 讴鬲丕亘
丿賱卮 賲蹖鈥屫堌ж池� 亘賴 鬲賳賴丕蹖蹖 丕夭 丌賳噩丕 亘乇賵丿 賵 鬲丕 丨丿 賲賲讴賳 丿賵乇 亘卮賵丿. 亘賴 噩丕蹖蹖 亘乇賵丿 讴賴 賴蹖趩 讴爻 乇丕 賳卮賳丕爻丿貙 讴賴 睾乇蹖亘賴鈥屬囏� 賵丕賯毓丕 睾乇蹖亘賴 亘丕卮賳丿貙 讴賴 丿乇 丌賳 丕氐賱丕 丌丿賲蹖 賵噩賵丿 賳丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮丿貙 賮賯胤 氐禺乇賴鈥屬囏� 亘丕卮賳丿 賵 倬乇賳丿賴鈥屬囏�. 氐293 讴鬲丕亘
亘毓囟蹖 賵賯鬲鈥屬囏� 讴賴 亘賴 丕蹖賳 丿賵乇賴鈥屰� 賳丕噩賵乇 夭賳丿诏蹖鈥屫ж� 賮讴乇 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 賲鬲賵噩賴 賲蹖鈥屫簇� 讴賴 亘丿鬲乇蹖賳 趩蹖夭卮 賳賴 丿乇賴丕蹖 賯賮賱 亘賵丿 賳賴 賳诏賴亘丕賳鈥屬囏й屰� 讴賴 爻乇卮丕賳 賮乇蹖丕丿 賲蹖鈥屫藏嗀� 賵 賳賴 丕蹖賳 賵丕賯毓蹖鬲 讴賴 睾匕丕 賴蹖趩 賵賯鬲 讴丕賮蹖 賳亘賵丿 賵 丕睾賱亘 賴賲丕賳 賲賯丿丕乇 丕賳丿讴 乇丕 賴賲 丕夭卮丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫藏屫嗀�: 亘賱讴賴 丕蹖賳 亘賵丿 讴賴 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭 賲丕賱丕賲丕賱 丕夭 丿乇賵睾 亘賵丿. 氐 19 讴鬲丕亘
丕讴孬乇 賲乇丿賲 賳賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗁嗀� 夭賳丿诏蹖鈥屫й� 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 亘丕 夭賳丿诏蹖 賵丕賯毓蹖卮丕賳 乇丕 賲鬲氐賵乇 卮賵賳丿. 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗁嗀� 乇賵蹖丕蹖卮 乇丕 丿乇 爻乇 亘倬乇賵乇丕賳賳丿貙 丨鬲蹖 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗁嗀� 亘賴 禺蹖丕亘丕賳鈥屬囏� 亘乇賵賳丿 賵 亘乇丕蹖卮 鬲馗丕賴乇丕鬲 讴賳賳丿貙 丕賲丕 趩诏賵賳诏蹖鈥屫ж� 乇丕 賳賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗁嗀� 賲鬲氐賵乇 卮賵賳丿. 氐 20 讴鬲丕亘
丕蹖 讴丕卮 賲乇丿蹖 讴賴 丕蹖賳 賴賲賴 爻丕賱 乇卅蹖爻 噩賲賴賵乇 賲賲賱讴鬲 亘賵丿 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀池� 讴丕乇 丨賯蹖賯鬲丕 禺賵卮丕蹖賳丿蹖 亘讴賳丿貙 讴丕乇蹖 讴賴 亘鬲賵丕賳賳丿 乇賵蹖 賮蹖賱賲 囟亘胤鈥屫ж� 讴賳賳丿- 丕爻亘 爻賵丕乇蹖 讴賳丿貙 鬲賳蹖爻 亘丕夭蹖 讴賳丿貙 丕夭 夭賲蹖賳 亘賱賳丿 卮賵丿. 氐 48 讴鬲丕亘
丕賵 賮賯胤 賲蹖鈥屫堌ж池� 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賲賲賱讴鬲 賲爻鬲乇丕丨鈥屫з嗃� 賳讴亘鬲鈥屫ㄘж� 讴賴 丿乇 丌賳 亘賴 鬲賳賴丕 趩蹖夭蹖 讴賴 丕賴賲蹖鬲 賲蹖鈥屫囐嗀� 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賲噩亘賵乇卮 讴賳賳丿 丌賳 賯丿乇 讴丕乇 讴賳丿 鬲丕 噩丕賳 丕夭 賲丕鬲丨鬲卮 丿乇丌蹖丿 賵 亘毓丿 賴賲 丿乇 賲賱丕 毓丕賲 賳卮丕賳 亘丿賴賳丿 讴賴 趩賯丿乇 禺賵卮亘禺鬲 丕爻鬲貙 賮乇丕乇 讴賳丿. 氐 63 讴鬲丕亘
丌丿賲鈥屬囏� 賴賲蹖賳 胤賵乇蹖鈥屫з嗀�: 丨爻賵丿賳丿貙 賮賯胤 毓丕卮賯 禺賵丿卮丕賳鈥屫з嗀�. 丕诏乇 賮乇氐鬲 賳丕趩蹖夭蹖 丿乇 丕禺鬲蹖丕乇卮丕賳 亘诏匕丕乇賳丿貙 禺丕賳賴鈥屬囏ж簇з� 乇丕 亘丕 禺丕讴 蹖讴爻丕賳 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 倬賱鈥屬囏� 乇丕 亘賴 倬蹖趩 賵 賲賴乇賴貙 噩丕丿賴鈥屬囏� 乇丕 亘賴 賯賱賵賴 爻賳诏 賵 丿爻鬲诏丕賴鈥屬囏� 乇丕 亘賴 趩乇禺 丿賳丿賴 賮乇賵 賲蹖鈥屭┴з囐嗀� 丕爻鬲禺賵丕賳鈥屬囏� 乇丕 禺丕讴 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀�. 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭 乇丕 丌鬲卮 賲蹖鈥屫操嗁嗀� 趩賵賳 毓卮賯鈥屫簇з� 丌鬲卮 丕爻鬲. 丕賵 亘丕 賲胤丕賱毓賴鈥屰� 鬲丕乇蹖禺 賲蹖鈥屫з嗀� 讴賴 賲乇丿賲 匕丕鬲丕 毓丕卮賯 丌鬲卮鈥屫з嗀�. 丌賳賴丕 讴賱蹖爻丕賴丕貙 賯賱毓賴鈥屬囏� 賵 賯氐乇賴丕 乇丕 賳诏丕賴 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 賵 乇賵蹖丕蹖 賳馗丕乇賴 讴乇丿賳 爻賵禺鬲賳鈥屫簇з� 丿乇 丌鬲卮 乇丕 丿乇 爻乇 賲蹖鈥屬矩辟堌必з嗁嗀�. 氐 73 讴鬲丕亘
丨賯蹖賯鬲 乇丕 賲蹖鈥屫堌з� 爻丕賱鈥屬囏� 賵 賯乇賳鈥屬囏� 爻乇讴賵亘 讴乇丿貙 丕賲丕 丿爻鬲 丌禺乇 亘丕賱丕禺乇賴 賴賲蹖卮賴 丌卮讴丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�. 氐 85 讴鬲丕亘
诏賮鬲: 芦 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿乇 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 乇賵卮賳丕蹖蹖 丕爻鬲貙 賳賴 丿乇 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 鬲丕乇蹖讴蹖. 丕蹖賳 乇丕 賲毓賱賲 賴賳丿蹖鈥屫з� 亘賴 賲賳 诏賮鬲貨 丕賵 讴賵乇 亘賵丿.禄 氐 95 讴鬲丕亘
賲鬲丕爻賮丕賳賴貙 鬲賴蹖賴 讴賳賳丿诏丕賳 禺亘乇 丿賯蹖賯丕 賴賲蹖賳 乇丕 賲蹖鈥屫堌ж池嗀�. 亘乇丕蹖卮丕賳 賲賴賲 賳亘賵丿 讴賴 丨賵氐賱賴鈥屰� 亘蹖賳賳丿诏丕賳 爻乇 賲蹖鈥屫辟堌� 蹖丕 賳賴. 賲蹖鈥屫з嗀池嗀� 讴賴 丕讴孬乇 賲乇丿賲 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 亘乇賳丕賲賴鈥屬囏� 丨賯 丕賳鬲禺丕亘 賳丿丕乇賳丿 賵 丨鬲蹖 丕诏乇 賮賯胤 亘蹖乇賵賳 乇蹖禺鬲賳 丿賵丿 丕夭 丿賵丿讴卮 乇丕 賴賲 賳卮丕賳 亘丿賴賳丿貙 亘丕夭 氐賮丨賴鈥屰� 鬲賱賵蹖夭蹖賵賳 乇丕 賳诏丕賴 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀�. 氐 102 讴鬲丕亘
丿乇 丕蹖賳噩丕 賲乇夭 賲蹖丕賳 亘賵丿賳 賵 賳亘賵丿賳 賲亘賴賲 卮丿賴 亘賵丿. 賴乇 噩丕 讴賴 丕蹖賳 丕鬲賮丕賯 賲蹖鈥屫з佖� 丕夭 賲乇夭賴丕蹖 丿蹖诏乇 賳蹖夭 乇丕丨鬲鈥屫� 賲蹖鈥屫堌з� 毓亘賵乇 讴乇丿: 賲乇夭蹖 讴賴 丨乇氐貙 乇蹖丕讴丕乇蹖貙 賳丕丿乇爻鬲蹖貙 亘蹖 卮乇賲蹖 賵 賳賵賲蹖丿蹖 乇丕 賲卮禺氐 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 丕丨鬲賲丕賱丕 丿乇 倬爻 亘賯蹖賴 賳賴賮鬲賴 丕爻鬲. 氐 109 讴鬲丕亘
丌乇賴 丿賳蹖丕 賲孬賱 蹖讴 鬲乇丕夭賵蹖 毓馗蹖賲 丕爻鬲. 賵賯鬲蹖 倬賱蹖丿蹖 亘賴 禺賵亘蹖 睾賱亘賴 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賮乇卮鬲賴鈥屬囏� 亘乇 讴賮賴鈥屫й� 讴賴 爻亘讴鬲乇 丕爻鬲 噩賲毓 賲蹖鈥屫促堎嗀�. 賳賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗃� 亘亘蹖賳蹖卮丕賳貙 丕賲丕 丨囟賵乇 丿丕乇賳丿貙 賵 鬲毓丕丿賱 乇丕 亘丕夭 賲蹖鈥屭必з嗁嗀�. 氐 126 讴鬲丕亘
賮賵讴丕 鬲氐賲蹖賲 賲蹖鈥屭屫必� 亘賴 賲丿蹖乇蹖鬲 丕爻鬲賵丿蹖賵 鬲賱賮賳 讴賳丿. 丨丕賱丕 丿蹖诏乇 賯丕賳毓 卮丿賴 讴賴 賴蹖趩 丕卮鬲亘丕賴蹖 丿乇 讴丕乇 賳蹖爻鬲. 丿乇爻鬲 丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 丕蹖賳 讴丕乇 賯乇丕乇丿丕丿 丿丕乇丿貙 丕賲丕 丿乇 賲賲賱讴鬲蹖 讴賴 賯丕賳賵賳卮 亘蹖鈥屫ㄘж� 賵 賲鬲睾蹖乇 丕爻鬲 賵 诏夭蹖賳卮 丕毓賲丕賱 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 賯乇丕乇丿丕丿 趩賴 賮丕蹖丿賴鈥屫й� 丿丕乇丿責 氐 132 讴鬲丕亘
禺丕賳賴 趩蹖夭蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丌賳 乇丕 丿乇 丿乇賵賳賲丕賳 丨賲賱 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗃屬�. 丌賳賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 禺丕賳賴鈥屫й� 丿乇 丿乇賵賳卮丕賳 賳丿丕乇賳丿貙 賳賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗁嗀� 亘爻丕夭賳丿卮貙 賳賴 亘丕 亘蹖鈥屫ж关嗀й屰� 賵 賳賴 亘丕 爻賳诏. 氐 145 讴鬲丕亘
丕夭 讴丕乇 亘丕讴蹖 賳丿丕乇丿. 丕诏乇 丿乇 蹖讴 讴卮賵乇 丿乇爻鬲 賵 丨爻丕亘蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 賵 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀池� 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丿卮 讴丕乇诏丕賴蹖 丿乇爻鬲 讴賳丿貙 亘丕 讴賲丕賱 賲蹖賱 乇賵夭蹖 丿賵丕夭丿賴 爻丕毓鬲 讴丕乇 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 乇卅蹖爻 禺賵丿卮 賲蹖鈥屫ㄙ堌� 賳賴 賳賵讴乇 蹖讴 丌丿賲 丿蹖诏乇 氐 171 讴鬲丕亘
賮賯胤 丿丕乇賲 賲蹖鈥屭堐屬� 讴賴 賲毓賲賵賱丕 亘毓囟蹖鈥屬囏� 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ辟嗀� 賵 丿蹖诏乇丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘж操嗀�. 亘毓囟蹖 賵賯鬲鈥屬囏� 賲毓賱賵賲 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 讴賴 亘丕夭賳丿賴鈥屬囏� 賴賲丕賳鈥屬囏й屰屸€屫з嗀� 讴賴 賮讴乇 賲蹖鈥屭┴必嗀� 亘乇丿賴鈥屫з嗀� 賵 亘丕賱毓讴爻. 氐 177 讴鬲丕亘
賮乇氐鬲 鬲丕乇蹖禺蹖 趩蹖爻鬲責 氐乇賮丕 賱丨馗賴鈥屫й屸€� 丕爻鬲 讴賴 胤蹖 丌賳 賲乇丿賲 亘丕賵乇卮丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 讴賴 鬲賵丕賳爻鬲賴鈥屫з嗀� 噩乇蹖丕賳 鬲丕乇蹖禺 乇丕 賯胤毓 讴賳賳丿 賵 丿乇 賳鬲蹖噩賴 賮囟丕蹖蹖 亘乇丕蹖 賲丕賳賵乇 丿丕丿賳 亘诏卮丕蹖賳丿. 丕蹖賳 讴賴 丌蹖丕 賵丕賯毓丕 亘賴 丕蹖賳 讴丕乇 丿爻鬲 蹖丕夭蹖丿賴鈥屫з嗀� 蹖丕 丿乇 賵丕賯毓 亘賴 趩蹖夭蹖 禺丕鬲賲賴 丿丕丿賴鈥屫з嗀� 賲賵囟賵毓蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賮賯胤 禺賵丿 鬲丕乇蹖禺 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀� 丿乇亘丕乇賴鈥屫ж� 賯囟丕賵鬲 讴賳丿. 氐 186 讴鬲丕亘
- 芦賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 丌丿賲鈥屬囏� 乇丕 丌賳賯丿乇 丌賴爻鬲賴 賲爻賲賵賲 讴乇丿 讴賴 賴蹖趩 讴爻 賲鬲賵噩賴 賳卮賵丿.禄
- 芦賲賳馗賵乇鬲 亘丕 鬲賱賵蹖夭蹖賵賳 丕爻鬲責禄
丿禺鬲乇 诏賮鬲: 芦 賲賲讴賳賴. 丕賲丕 亘乇丕蹖 丕蹖賳 讴丕乇 乇丕賴鈥屬囏й� 夭蹖丕丿蹖 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇丿. 賲孬賱 卮蹖賵賴鈥屫й� 讴賴 倬丕賳夭丿賴 爻丕賱 丿乇 賲丿乇爻賴 賲爻賲賵賲鈥屬呚з� 賲蹖鈥屭┴必嗀�.禄 氐 198 讴鬲丕亘
丌丿賲鈥屬囏� 亘丕 賴賲 丌卮賳丕 賲蹖鈥屫促堎嗀� 丕夭 賴賲 噩丿丕 賲蹖鈥屫促堎嗀� 賵 卮丕蹖丿 蹖讴 乇賵夭 丿賵亘丕乇賴 亘賴 賴賲 亘乇 亘禺賵乇賳丿貙 丕賲丕 丌丿賲鈥屬囏й� 丿蹖诏乇蹖 卮丿賴鈥屫з嗀�. 氐 225 讴鬲丕亘
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October 25, 2017
膶ek谩n铆 na tmu, 膷ek谩n铆 na sv臎tlo = Waiting for the Dark, waiting for the light, (1994), Ivan Kl铆ma
Ivan Kl铆ma (born 14 September 1931 in Prague, as Ivan Kauders) is a Czech novelist and playwright. He has received the Magnesia Litera Award and the Franz Kafka Prize, among other honors.
Waiting for the Dark, waiting for the light, is the story of Pavel, a middle-aged television cameraman working uneasily within the boundaries set by the Communist regime. When it collapses, he finds himself unprepared for the new world of supposed freedom.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 爻丕賱 2009 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 丿乇 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 鬲丕乇蹖讴蹖 貙 丿乇 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 乇賵卮賳丕蹖蹖貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 丕蹖賵丕賳 讴賱蹖賲丕貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賮乇賵睾 倬賵乇蹖丕賵乇蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 丌诏賴貨 1388貨 丿乇 306 氐貨 卮丕亘讴: 9789643291778貨 鬲乇噩賲賴 丕夭 賲鬲賳 丕賳诏賱蹖爻蹖貨 賲賵囟賵毓: 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 趩讴 - 賯乇賳 20 賲
賳賯賱 丕夭 賲鬲賳: 夭賳丿诏蹖 蹖讴 毓丕賱賲賴 趩蹖夭 丕爻鬲貙 鬲賱 毓馗蹖賲 賱亘丕爻貙 鬲蹖賵亘貙 趩乇禺 诏賵卮鬲貙 丌爻蹖丕亘 賯賴賵賴 丕爻鬲. 丕賳亘賵賴 爻蹖賲貙 賱丕賲倬貙 丌蹖賳賴貙 丿賵乇亘蹖賳貙 賯蹖趩蹖貙 賵 賲丕卮蹖賳 丌亘 倬丕卮 賴賲 賴爻鬲. 丕夭 賲鬲賳 讴鬲丕亘 氐 17貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
Ivan Kl铆ma (born 14 September 1931 in Prague, as Ivan Kauders) is a Czech novelist and playwright. He has received the Magnesia Litera Award and the Franz Kafka Prize, among other honors.
Waiting for the Dark, waiting for the light, is the story of Pavel, a middle-aged television cameraman working uneasily within the boundaries set by the Communist regime. When it collapses, he finds himself unprepared for the new world of supposed freedom.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 爻丕賱 2009 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 丿乇 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 鬲丕乇蹖讴蹖 貙 丿乇 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 乇賵卮賳丕蹖蹖貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 丕蹖賵丕賳 讴賱蹖賲丕貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賮乇賵睾 倬賵乇蹖丕賵乇蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 丌诏賴貨 1388貨 丿乇 306 氐貨 卮丕亘讴: 9789643291778貨 鬲乇噩賲賴 丕夭 賲鬲賳 丕賳诏賱蹖爻蹖貨 賲賵囟賵毓: 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 趩讴 - 賯乇賳 20 賲
賳賯賱 丕夭 賲鬲賳: 夭賳丿诏蹖 蹖讴 毓丕賱賲賴 趩蹖夭 丕爻鬲貙 鬲賱 毓馗蹖賲 賱亘丕爻貙 鬲蹖賵亘貙 趩乇禺 诏賵卮鬲貙 丌爻蹖丕亘 賯賴賵賴 丕爻鬲. 丕賳亘賵賴 爻蹖賲貙 賱丕賲倬貙 丌蹖賳賴貙 丿賵乇亘蹖賳貙 賯蹖趩蹖貙 賵 賲丕卮蹖賳 丌亘 倬丕卮 賴賲 賴爻鬲. 丕夭 賲鬲賳 讴鬲丕亘 氐 17貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
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March 8, 2016So, what do you do, Kl铆ma, Brink, Solzhenitsyn? What do you you when The Wall comes down; when Mandela goes free; when they close the Gulag? What happens to your poetry, your anger, when there are no statues to topple?
'What are you thinking?' she asks.
'That you're near.'
'What is nearness?'
'There may be a definition of it, but I don't know what it is.'
'Try saying what comes into your mind.'
'I don't usually say what comes into my mind.'
'Say it now.'
'Alina, it's not easy for me to be intimate with someone.'
'That's exactly why I'm asking you this.'
'Nearness is the moment at which love climaxes.'
I stopped there -- wisely, I hope you agree -- and went fishing. Sorta.
'What are you thinking?' she asks.
'That you're near.'
'What is nearness?'
'There may be a definition of it, but I don't know what it is.'
'Try saying what comes into your mind.'
'I don't usually say what comes into my mind.'
'Say it now.'
'Alina, it's not easy for me to be intimate with someone.'
'That's exactly why I'm asking you this.'
'Nearness is the moment at which love climaxes.'
I stopped there -- wisely, I hope you agree -- and went fishing. Sorta.
September 21, 2018
Spoiler alert! I have a bit mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, it is very interesting as an evocation of the great upheavals in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Wall in 1989 (although nowhere names and countries are explicitly named). The main character, cameraman Pavel, after a failed escape attempt in his youth, has adapted to the old regime and, like all his countrymen, meekly follows the official line, even though he knows he鈥檚 confirming a regime of lies; Pavel is clinging to the faint hope that he ever will get space to fulfil his artistic dreams.
This book delivers a nice description of the atmosphere of hopelessness and anguish in Eastern Europe under communism, with especially a captivating portrait of the old, almost senile president in his Castle (evidently Gustav Husak), full of paranoid thoughts. Klima also makes the link with the personal life of Pavel that is completely jammed: all his relationships are breaking down, the child that he wished to have with the woman of his dreams, is aborted, he errs through his days in ever greater depression; just as the regime Pavel鈥檚 life has come to a dead end.
And then the revolution occurs, which is described by Klima in a rather indirect way. But through the eyes of Pavel, we see that this new era actually contains no real changes: a lot of old apparatchiks eagerly fill in the vacant places while the real (idealistic) revolutionaries are overrun in a very short time. Pavel himself also notices he no longer has the drive to make use of the space he now gets to make his dream come true and in his personal life he loses even the last link with the people he loves. If you now think: what a depressing story, you鈥檙e dead right, but Klima certainly knows how to put this on paper; you can detect clear kinship with Kafka and especially Kundera.
Nevertheless, in my view, this is not totally a successful novel. Klima jumps between different time layers, he also switches between reality and an ambitious film scenario Pavel works on; that does ensure a certain dynamism and nice mirror effects, but it makes the reading not really easy. In addition, some story lines are not worked out and some of the characters (especially the female) remain rather flat. Finally, and that really bothers me the most, Klima finds it necessary to have recourse to magic-realistic elements and that I always find an admission of weakness.
This book delivers a nice description of the atmosphere of hopelessness and anguish in Eastern Europe under communism, with especially a captivating portrait of the old, almost senile president in his Castle (evidently Gustav Husak), full of paranoid thoughts. Klima also makes the link with the personal life of Pavel that is completely jammed: all his relationships are breaking down, the child that he wished to have with the woman of his dreams, is aborted, he errs through his days in ever greater depression; just as the regime Pavel鈥檚 life has come to a dead end.
And then the revolution occurs, which is described by Klima in a rather indirect way. But through the eyes of Pavel, we see that this new era actually contains no real changes: a lot of old apparatchiks eagerly fill in the vacant places while the real (idealistic) revolutionaries are overrun in a very short time. Pavel himself also notices he no longer has the drive to make use of the space he now gets to make his dream come true and in his personal life he loses even the last link with the people he loves. If you now think: what a depressing story, you鈥檙e dead right, but Klima certainly knows how to put this on paper; you can detect clear kinship with Kafka and especially Kundera.
Nevertheless, in my view, this is not totally a successful novel. Klima jumps between different time layers, he also switches between reality and an ambitious film scenario Pavel works on; that does ensure a certain dynamism and nice mirror effects, but it makes the reading not really easy. In addition, some story lines are not worked out and some of the characters (especially the female) remain rather flat. Finally, and that really bothers me the most, Klima finds it necessary to have recourse to magic-realistic elements and that I always find an admission of weakness.
October 7, 2020
European Communism came to a fairly abrupt end around 1990. It was a heady time, but it was no stepping from the darkness into the light, just like that. There were steps forward, and retrograde steps as well. As a Hungarian, I recognize that the whole experience was a sword that cut both ways.
Of all the Eastern European writers, the one who comes closest to the truth is the Czech novelist :
When freedom comes, it begins to twist in the wind. In an alcoholic fog, he sleeps with women whom he sees as being interchangeable. He ends up running a company that films commercials and pornography. All the women whom he thinks he has loved have either rejected him or fallen by the wayside.
By way of contrast, he presents the aging President of Czechoslovakia, modeled perhaps after the long-ruling Gustav Husak, who is in his seventies and has a tenuous grip on life. He keeps seeing his offices filling up with the bodies or sometimes just the biers of the victims of his socialist state. He suspects his chamberlain, his valet, and all the people around him are impostors. In a word, he is as much a prisoner of the system as Pavel.
Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light is a somberly honest work. As Klima writes near the end:
Of all the Eastern European writers, the one who comes closest to the truth is the Czech novelist :
Recently he'd begun to think that without even leaving the country he'd become an alien. It wasn't that all the familiar faces had disappeared; it was that from behind those faces different people had appeared. Butterflies had emerged from their unsightly cocoons and, with growing astonishment at their new appearance, were looking around for places to alight.looks at the life of a middle-aged news cameraman named Pavel Fuka who dreams of love, of having a son, of writing a screenplay with the same name as this book, but who never really connects.
When freedom comes, it begins to twist in the wind. In an alcoholic fog, he sleeps with women whom he sees as being interchangeable. He ends up running a company that films commercials and pornography. All the women whom he thinks he has loved have either rejected him or fallen by the wayside.
By way of contrast, he presents the aging President of Czechoslovakia, modeled perhaps after the long-ruling Gustav Husak, who is in his seventies and has a tenuous grip on life. He keeps seeing his offices filling up with the bodies or sometimes just the biers of the victims of his socialist state. He suspects his chamberlain, his valet, and all the people around him are impostors. In a word, he is as much a prisoner of the system as Pavel.
Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light is a somberly honest work. As Klima writes near the end:
What was death?That is what happens to Pavel.
You live for as long as you still see some meaning in being alive. You can live less than your allotted time, but not longer. It's not important whether you're still breathing or not.
Death is the moment a person, as an alien, falls among aliens and they surround him like a clinging layer of damp earth.
June 23, 2018
I read this book in between...
When I was on the bus to work, during breaks in my work, during spare moments. A page here, a page there. I read this book in the in-between spaces. My full attention wasn't engaged, so I couldn't concentrate on all the little nuances that make a literary novel great...but even in those in-between spaces, this seemed like a good novel. It seemed like a nuanced novel told with honesty. The book is sometimes heartbreaking, but not in the way of a book like "The Kite Runner", which often left me devastated.
Sure, there were heartbreaking moments in this book, but the book also tried to communicate something very difficult to capture in literature -- the tragedy of blandness. Clearly, the blandness of communist is an enemy in this work, as is its nonsensical mediocrity, and that is a tough thing to depict -- it doesn't always come off as interesting. How could it? After all, blandness is blandness. It is tragic, however; so is its opposite, the parasitic new capitalism that follows. A capitalism that renders oppressed dreamers into porno directors.
Still, a very good book. A very good book about spaces in between -- a book I used to fill the spaces in between.
When I was on the bus to work, during breaks in my work, during spare moments. A page here, a page there. I read this book in the in-between spaces. My full attention wasn't engaged, so I couldn't concentrate on all the little nuances that make a literary novel great...but even in those in-between spaces, this seemed like a good novel. It seemed like a nuanced novel told with honesty. The book is sometimes heartbreaking, but not in the way of a book like "The Kite Runner", which often left me devastated.
Sure, there were heartbreaking moments in this book, but the book also tried to communicate something very difficult to capture in literature -- the tragedy of blandness. Clearly, the blandness of communist is an enemy in this work, as is its nonsensical mediocrity, and that is a tough thing to depict -- it doesn't always come off as interesting. How could it? After all, blandness is blandness. It is tragic, however; so is its opposite, the parasitic new capitalism that follows. A capitalism that renders oppressed dreamers into porno directors.
Still, a very good book. A very good book about spaces in between -- a book I used to fill the spaces in between.
December 19, 2021
賲乇丕噩毓丞 賲氐賵乇丞 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓賱賶 賯賳丕丞 丿賵丿丞 賰鬲亘.
February 28, 2010
讴鬲丕亘 丿乇爻鬲 賲丕賱 丕丨賵丕賱丕鬲 賴賲蹖賳 乇賵夭賴丕蹖 賲賳 亘賵丿. 丿賵 讴鬲丕亘蹖 讴賴 丿乇 丕蹖賳 趩賳丿 賵賯鬲 丕夭 丕蹖賵丕賳 讴賱蹖賲丕 禺賵丕賳丿賲 乇丕 亘蹖卮 丕夭 賴乇 賳賵卮鬲賴 蹖 丿蹖诏乇蹖 亘賴 匕賴賳蹖丕鬲 禺賵丿賲 丿乇亘丕乇賴 蹖 賲丕賵賯毓 丕蹖賳 趩賳丿 賲丕賴 賳夭丿蹖讴 丿蹖丿賲. 乇賵夭诏丕乇 鬲丕乇蹖讴蹖 亘乇 蹖讴 賲賱鬲 噩丕乇蹖 丕爻鬲. 丕賲丕 丕賲蹖丿蹖 賴賲 亘賴 乇賵卮賳丕蹖蹖 賳蹖爻鬲. 鬲丕乇蹖讴蹖 賵 乇賵卮賳丕蹖蹖 丿乇 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲乇丿賲 丕爻鬲貙 賳賴 趩蹖夭蹖 亘蹖乇賵賳 丕夭 丌賳 讴賴 亘鬲賵丕賳 丕賳鬲馗丕乇卮 乇丕 讴卮蹖丿.
September 8, 2020
倬丕賵賱 蹖讴 賮蹖賱賲亘乇丿丕乇 鬲賱賵蹖夭蹖賵賳蹖 丿乇 丿賵乇賴 丨讴賵賲鬲 讴賲賵賳蹖爻鬲賴. 倬丕賵賱 禺賵丿卮 賴賲 丕夭 讴丕乇蹖 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 乇丕囟蹖 賳蹖爻鬲貙 夭賲丕賳蹖 讴賴 噩賵賵賳鬲乇 亘賵丿賴 蹖讴亘丕乇 鬲賱丕卮 讴乇丿賴 丕夭 讴卮賵乇 賮乇丕乇 讴賳賴 賵 賲賵賮賯 賳卮丿賴 賵 丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 鬲氐賲蹖賲 诏乇賮鬲賴 賵丕乇丿 爻蹖爻鬲賲蹖 亘卮賴 讴賴 禺賵丿卮 亘賴 丿乇賵睾诏賵 亘賵丿賳卮 賵丕賯賮賴 亘賴 丕蹖賳 丕賲蹖丿 讴賴 蹖讴 乇賵夭蹖 亘鬲賵賳賴 丌夭丕丿賴 賮蹖賱賲蹖 讴賴 賲蹖禺賵丕丿 乇賵 亘爻丕夭賴.
賲丕 丿乇 賵丕賯毓 亘丕 丿賵 鬲丕 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 爻乇 賵 讴丕乇 丿丕乇蹖賲貙 蹖讴蹖 丕賮讴丕乇 匕賴賳蹖丕鬲 倬丕賵賱 賵 丿蹖诏乇蹖 賮蹖賱賲鈥屬嗀з呝団€屫й� 讴賴 丕賵賳 賲卮睾賵賱 賳賵卮鬲賳卮 賴爻鬲.
賲卮讴賱 丕氐賱蹖 丕蹖賳賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 卮丿蹖丿丕 诏蹖噩 讴賳賳丿賴鈥屫ж�. 讴賱蹖賲丕 賲丿丕賲 亘蹖賳 诏匕卮鬲賴 賵 丨丕賱 夭賳丿诏蹖 倬丕賵賱 賵 賵丕賯毓蹖鬲 夭賳丿诏蹖卮 賵 賮蹖賱賲賳丕賲賴 禺蹖丕賱蹖卮 倬乇卮 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 賵 賴賲蹖賳 丿賳亘丕賱 讴乇丿賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇賵 爻禺鬲 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁�. (丨丿丕賯賱 賲賳 禺蹖賱蹖 诏蹖噩 卮丿賲.) 賵 丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 噩丕賱亘蹖 賴賲 亘乇丕蹖 诏賮鬲賳 賳丿丕乇賴貙 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏й� 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘賴 睾蹖乇 倬丕賵賱 禺卮讴 賵 亘蹖鈥屫辟堌� 賴爻鬲賳. 賵 禺賵亘 倬乇丿丕禺鬲賴 賳卮丿賳. 賵 賮讴乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 亘禺卮 夭蹖丕丿蹖 丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 氐乇賮丕 亘丕 鬲噩乇亘賴 夭蹖爻鬲賴 丿乇 丕賵賳 賮囟丕 賯丕亘賱 丿乇讴賴 (賲孬賱丕 賲丕 趩賳蹖賳 鬲噩乇亘賴鈥屫й� 賳丿丕乇蹖賲)
亘丕 丕蹖賳 丨丕賱 禺賵賳丿賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 禺丕賱蹖 丕夭 賱胤賮 賳亘賵丿. 讴丕乇丕讴鬲乇 乇卅蹖爻 噩賲賴賵乇 倬蹖乇 讴賴 毓賯賱卮 夭丕蹖賱 卮丿賴 亘賵丿 賵 亘賴 賳夭丿蹖讴鈥屫臂屬� 丕賮乇丕丿卮 卮讴 丿丕卮鬲 禺蹖賱蹖 噩丕賱亘 亘賵丿. (丕诏乇 丕卮鬲亘丕賴 賳讴賳賲 丕賱賴丕賲 诏乇賮鬲賴 丕夭 卮禺氐蹖鬲 诏賵爻鬲丕賵 賴賵卮丕讴 亘賵丿.) 噩丕賱亘 亘賵丿 讴賴 賳卮賵賳 賲蹖鈥屫ж� 賯丿乇鬲賲賳丿鬲乇蹖賳 卮禺氐 蹖讴 賳馗丕賲 鬲賵鬲丕賱蹖鬲乇 亘賴 丕賳丿丕夭賴 蹖讴 讴丕乇賲賳丿 毓丕丿蹖 鬲賱賵蹖夭蹖賵賳 夭賳丿丕賳蹖 丨讴賵賲鬲賴.
丕夭 賴賲賴 噩丕賱亘 鬲賵噩賴鈥屫� 倬乇爻卮鈥屬囏й� 丕禺賱丕賯蹖鈥屫й� 亘賵丿 讴賴 賲胤乇丨 賲蹖鈥屫簇�. 賵 丕蹖賳 賲爻丕賱賴 讴賴 夭蹖爻鬲賳 丿乇 蹖讴 賳馗丕賲 鬲賵鬲丕賱蹖鬲乇 趩胤賵乇 賲乇夭賴丕蹖 丕禺賱丕賯蹖 乇賵 賲亘賴賲 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 賵 賲毓賳丕蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵 丕夭 亘蹖賳 賲蹖亘乇賴. 賵 卮丕蹖丿 亘丿鬲乇蹖賳 噩賳亘賴 丨讴賵賲鬲 鬲賵鬲丕賱蹖鬲乇 賲爻賲賵賲 讴乇丿賳 卮賴乇賵賳丿丕賳卮 亘丕卮賴貙 爻賲蹖 讴賴 丨鬲蹖 亘丕 賳丕亘賵丿 卮丿賳 丨讴賵賲鬲 賴賲 丕夭 賵噩賵丿卮賵賳 禺丕乇噩 賳賲蹖卮賴.
讴鬲丕亘蹖 賳亘賵丿 讴賴 禺蹖賱蹖 丿賵爻鬲卮 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賲貙 賲禺氐賵氐丕 丿乇 賲賯丕蹖爻賴 亘丕 賲蹖賱丕賳 讴賵賳丿乇丕 讴賴 亘丕 賴賲蹖賳 爻亘讴 賵 賮囟丕 賲蹖鈥屬嗁堐屫迟囏� 賵賱蹖 禺賵賳丿賳卮 禺丕賱蹖 丕夭 賱胤賮 賴賲 賳亘賵丿.
賲丕 丿乇 賵丕賯毓 亘丕 丿賵 鬲丕 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 爻乇 賵 讴丕乇 丿丕乇蹖賲貙 蹖讴蹖 丕賮讴丕乇 匕賴賳蹖丕鬲 倬丕賵賱 賵 丿蹖诏乇蹖 賮蹖賱賲鈥屬嗀з呝団€屫й� 讴賴 丕賵賳 賲卮睾賵賱 賳賵卮鬲賳卮 賴爻鬲.
賲卮讴賱 丕氐賱蹖 丕蹖賳賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 卮丿蹖丿丕 诏蹖噩 讴賳賳丿賴鈥屫ж�. 讴賱蹖賲丕 賲丿丕賲 亘蹖賳 诏匕卮鬲賴 賵 丨丕賱 夭賳丿诏蹖 倬丕賵賱 賵 賵丕賯毓蹖鬲 夭賳丿诏蹖卮 賵 賮蹖賱賲賳丕賲賴 禺蹖丕賱蹖卮 倬乇卮 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 賵 賴賲蹖賳 丿賳亘丕賱 讴乇丿賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇賵 爻禺鬲 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁�. (丨丿丕賯賱 賲賳 禺蹖賱蹖 诏蹖噩 卮丿賲.) 賵 丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 噩丕賱亘蹖 賴賲 亘乇丕蹖 诏賮鬲賳 賳丿丕乇賴貙 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏й� 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘賴 睾蹖乇 倬丕賵賱 禺卮讴 賵 亘蹖鈥屫辟堌� 賴爻鬲賳. 賵 禺賵亘 倬乇丿丕禺鬲賴 賳卮丿賳. 賵 賮讴乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 亘禺卮 夭蹖丕丿蹖 丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 氐乇賮丕 亘丕 鬲噩乇亘賴 夭蹖爻鬲賴 丿乇 丕賵賳 賮囟丕 賯丕亘賱 丿乇讴賴 (賲孬賱丕 賲丕 趩賳蹖賳 鬲噩乇亘賴鈥屫й� 賳丿丕乇蹖賲)
亘丕 丕蹖賳 丨丕賱 禺賵賳丿賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 禺丕賱蹖 丕夭 賱胤賮 賳亘賵丿. 讴丕乇丕讴鬲乇 乇卅蹖爻 噩賲賴賵乇 倬蹖乇 讴賴 毓賯賱卮 夭丕蹖賱 卮丿賴 亘賵丿 賵 亘賴 賳夭丿蹖讴鈥屫臂屬� 丕賮乇丕丿卮 卮讴 丿丕卮鬲 禺蹖賱蹖 噩丕賱亘 亘賵丿. (丕诏乇 丕卮鬲亘丕賴 賳讴賳賲 丕賱賴丕賲 诏乇賮鬲賴 丕夭 卮禺氐蹖鬲 诏賵爻鬲丕賵 賴賵卮丕讴 亘賵丿.) 噩丕賱亘 亘賵丿 讴賴 賳卮賵賳 賲蹖鈥屫ж� 賯丿乇鬲賲賳丿鬲乇蹖賳 卮禺氐 蹖讴 賳馗丕賲 鬲賵鬲丕賱蹖鬲乇 亘賴 丕賳丿丕夭賴 蹖讴 讴丕乇賲賳丿 毓丕丿蹖 鬲賱賵蹖夭蹖賵賳 夭賳丿丕賳蹖 丨讴賵賲鬲賴.
丕夭 賴賲賴 噩丕賱亘 鬲賵噩賴鈥屫� 倬乇爻卮鈥屬囏й� 丕禺賱丕賯蹖鈥屫й� 亘賵丿 讴賴 賲胤乇丨 賲蹖鈥屫簇�. 賵 丕蹖賳 賲爻丕賱賴 讴賴 夭蹖爻鬲賳 丿乇 蹖讴 賳馗丕賲 鬲賵鬲丕賱蹖鬲乇 趩胤賵乇 賲乇夭賴丕蹖 丕禺賱丕賯蹖 乇賵 賲亘賴賲 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 賵 賲毓賳丕蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵 丕夭 亘蹖賳 賲蹖亘乇賴. 賵 卮丕蹖丿 亘丿鬲乇蹖賳 噩賳亘賴 丨讴賵賲鬲 鬲賵鬲丕賱蹖鬲乇 賲爻賲賵賲 讴乇丿賳 卮賴乇賵賳丿丕賳卮 亘丕卮賴貙 爻賲蹖 讴賴 丨鬲蹖 亘丕 賳丕亘賵丿 卮丿賳 丨讴賵賲鬲 賴賲 丕夭 賵噩賵丿卮賵賳 禺丕乇噩 賳賲蹖卮賴.
讴鬲丕亘蹖 賳亘賵丿 讴賴 禺蹖賱蹖 丿賵爻鬲卮 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賲貙 賲禺氐賵氐丕 丿乇 賲賯丕蹖爻賴 亘丕 賲蹖賱丕賳 讴賵賳丿乇丕 讴賴 亘丕 賴賲蹖賳 爻亘讴 賵 賮囟丕 賲蹖鈥屬嗁堐屫迟囏� 賵賱蹖 禺賵賳丿賳卮 禺丕賱蹖 丕夭 賱胤賮 賴賲 賳亘賵丿.
September 21, 2008
The setting of the Czech writer Ivan Klima's novel is the "Velvet Revolution" of 1989. His hero, Pavel, has adapted ("sold out"?) to the Party after an unsuccessful attempt to flee the country. A filmmaker, he is reduced to making propaganda films. He dreams of producing a film of his failed flight, albeit rather more dramatic and heroic than the actual event, but at the end of the novel, after the revolution takes place, he takes a job making erotic films. Pavel is lost. Is he morally weak? The answer for those who have never lived in systems of oppression might be an easy "yes." But let's be generous . . . and honest: most of us are not heroic, we adapt, and we try to find consolations and excuses in our petty lives for our acts of accommodation. This book does not describe a pleasant reality, but it is a reality, and Klima's description is important for all of us who want to know about adaptation and accommodation under totalitarian regimes. A great passage from this novel captures it all: "There's nothing easier than persuading yourself you could really do something if you tried, as long as you know that they'll never give you the chance. The system never allowed you to win, and so it saved you from defeat as well" (p. 216).
April 20, 2011
噩丿丕 丕夭 賲賳丕爻亘鬲 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘丕 乇跇蹖賲 鬲賵鬲丕賱蹖鬲乇蹖 賲丕 賵 卮乇丕蹖胤 夭賳丿诏蹖 夭蹖乇 爻丕蹖賴 賵 爻賱胤賴 蹖 丕賵賳:
爻賵丕賱賴丕蹖 丕爻丕爻蹖 鬲乇蹖 丕夭 夭亘丕賳 賯賴乇賲丕賳 亘賴 賳賲丕蹖卮 诏匕丕卮鬲賴 賲蹖卮賴. 丌蹖丕 賵丕賯毓賳 賲蹖卮賴 丿乇 蹖讴 噩丕賲毓賴 鬲賵鬲丕賱蹖鬲乇蹖 丕夭 丕禺賱丕賯 卮讴賱 诏乇賮鬲賴 丿乇 丕蹖賳 噩丕賲毓賴 乇丕賴 诏乇蹖夭蹖 倬蹖丿丕 讴乇丿責 丌蹖丕 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿乇 蹖讴 噩丕賲毓賴 丿賲賵讴乇丕鬲蹖讴 讴丕賲賱賳 丕禺賱丕賯蹖賴 賵 丿乇 噩丕賲毓賴 丿蹖讴鬲丕鬲賵乇蹖 亘乇 毓讴爻 丕賵賳 責 丌蹖丕 爻禺鬲蹖賴丕 丿乇 蹖讴 噩丕賲毓賴 丿蹖讴鬲丕鬲賵乇蹖 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲毓賳丕蹖 亘蹖卮鬲乇蹖 賲蹖亘禺卮賳丿 賵 蹖丕 丕賵賳 乇賵 鬲賴蹖 賲蹖讴賳賳責 賴賲讴丕乇蹖 氐賳賮蹖 亘丕 乇跇蹖賲 鬲賵鬲丕賱蹖鬲乇 丕禺賱丕賯蹖賴責 丌蹖丕 毓卮賯 賵 丨囟賵乇 丕賵賳 乇賵 賲蹖卮賴 丿乇讴 讴乇丿責 丌蹖丕 禺丕胤乇賴 亘乇丕蹖 丕賳爻丕賳 噩丕賲毓賴 蹖 丿蹖讴鬲丕鬲賵乇蹖 丕夭 賵丕賯毓蹖鬲 賲賴賲 鬲乇 賳賲蹖卮賴責 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賳 亘乇丕蹖 夭蹖乇 蹖讴 爻賯賮 亘賵丿賳 讴丕賮蹖賴責
賵 爻乇 丕賳噩丕賲 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賲蹖倬乇爻賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 趩蹖爻鬲責 賵 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 亘賴 倬丕蹖丕賳 賲蹖乇爻賵賳賴!
爻賵丕賱賴丕蹖 丕爻丕爻蹖 鬲乇蹖 丕夭 夭亘丕賳 賯賴乇賲丕賳 亘賴 賳賲丕蹖卮 诏匕丕卮鬲賴 賲蹖卮賴. 丌蹖丕 賵丕賯毓賳 賲蹖卮賴 丿乇 蹖讴 噩丕賲毓賴 鬲賵鬲丕賱蹖鬲乇蹖 丕夭 丕禺賱丕賯 卮讴賱 诏乇賮鬲賴 丿乇 丕蹖賳 噩丕賲毓賴 乇丕賴 诏乇蹖夭蹖 倬蹖丿丕 讴乇丿責 丌蹖丕 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿乇 蹖讴 噩丕賲毓賴 丿賲賵讴乇丕鬲蹖讴 讴丕賲賱賳 丕禺賱丕賯蹖賴 賵 丿乇 噩丕賲毓賴 丿蹖讴鬲丕鬲賵乇蹖 亘乇 毓讴爻 丕賵賳 責 丌蹖丕 爻禺鬲蹖賴丕 丿乇 蹖讴 噩丕賲毓賴 丿蹖讴鬲丕鬲賵乇蹖 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲毓賳丕蹖 亘蹖卮鬲乇蹖 賲蹖亘禺卮賳丿 賵 蹖丕 丕賵賳 乇賵 鬲賴蹖 賲蹖讴賳賳責 賴賲讴丕乇蹖 氐賳賮蹖 亘丕 乇跇蹖賲 鬲賵鬲丕賱蹖鬲乇 丕禺賱丕賯蹖賴責 丌蹖丕 毓卮賯 賵 丨囟賵乇 丕賵賳 乇賵 賲蹖卮賴 丿乇讴 讴乇丿責 丌蹖丕 禺丕胤乇賴 亘乇丕蹖 丕賳爻丕賳 噩丕賲毓賴 蹖 丿蹖讴鬲丕鬲賵乇蹖 丕夭 賵丕賯毓蹖鬲 賲賴賲 鬲乇 賳賲蹖卮賴責 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賳 亘乇丕蹖 夭蹖乇 蹖讴 爻賯賮 亘賵丿賳 讴丕賮蹖賴責
賵 爻乇 丕賳噩丕賲 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賲蹖倬乇爻賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 趩蹖爻鬲責 賵 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 亘賴 倬丕蹖丕賳 賲蹖乇爻賵賳賴!
November 4, 2015
STALIN still has much to answer for. Early in Ivan Klima's "Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light" the protagonist, Pavel, spends a night in the apartment of his lover, Eva. The sleeping arrangements are mentioned in passing: a sofa bed is unfolded in the living room for Eva's son, Robin. Pavel and Eva have the bedroom. A third room is "where the former husband sometimes lived in silence."
It's a domestic setup that strikes a Westerner as weird. But as anyone familiar with Eastern Europe will attest, the regimes of the Soviet empire routinely forced people into accommodations far more uncomfortable. Ivan Klima's basic theme in this novel, as in much of his previous fiction, is compromise and adaptation: how people deal with the demands a repressive state imposes not only on their domestic arrangements but also on their artistic arrangements and ultimately their spiritual ones. In this novel he goes further and examines the impact on such arrangements of the collapse of the old order, Czechoslovakia's "velvet revolution" of 1989.
Mr. Klima's writing was banned in his native Czechoslovakia until relatively recently, appearing only in samizdat editions or in books published outside the country. His international reputation, however, has grown steadily, and in a series of novels and plays he has examined with precision and clarity the dilemmas faced by the individual living in a closed society and the broader implications of that experience. The power of his work is not simply documentary. It resides in his ability to universalize, to generate from an essentially political situation ideas charged with philosophical, ecological and spiritual applications. In the fates of his trapped and struggling characters he discovers messages for the planet.
It's a domestic setup that strikes a Westerner as weird. But as anyone familiar with Eastern Europe will attest, the regimes of the Soviet empire routinely forced people into accommodations far more uncomfortable. Ivan Klima's basic theme in this novel, as in much of his previous fiction, is compromise and adaptation: how people deal with the demands a repressive state imposes not only on their domestic arrangements but also on their artistic arrangements and ultimately their spiritual ones. In this novel he goes further and examines the impact on such arrangements of the collapse of the old order, Czechoslovakia's "velvet revolution" of 1989.
Mr. Klima's writing was banned in his native Czechoslovakia until relatively recently, appearing only in samizdat editions or in books published outside the country. His international reputation, however, has grown steadily, and in a series of novels and plays he has examined with precision and clarity the dilemmas faced by the individual living in a closed society and the broader implications of that experience. The power of his work is not simply documentary. It resides in his ability to universalize, to generate from an essentially political situation ideas charged with philosophical, ecological and spiritual applications. In the fates of his trapped and struggling characters he discovers messages for the planet.
August 26, 2015
丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕夭 丕賮讴丕乇 賲乇丿蹖 亘丕 賳丕賲 倬丕賵賱 丿乇 胤蹖 丕賳賯賱丕亘蹖 讴賴 丿乇 讴卮賵乇卮 氐賵乇鬲 賲蹖 诏蹖乇丿 鬲卮讴蹖賱 卮丿賴 . 倬丕賵賱 丿乇 胤蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 爻賵丕賱賴丕蹖蹖 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 賲爻丕蹖賱 賲禺鬲賱賮蹖 丕夭 噩賲賱賴 丌夭丕丿蹖 貙毓丿丕賱鬲 貙倬蹖乇賵夭蹖 貙賲乇诏 賵 睾蹖乇賴 賲胤乇丨 賲蹖 讴賳丿 賵 亘乇丕爻丕爻 鬲噩乇蹖丕鬲卮 亘賴 丌賳賴丕 倬丕爻禺 賲蹖 丿賴丿 . 倬丕賵賱 毓讴丕爻 賵 賮蹖賱賲亘乇丿丕乇蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丿乇 丿賵乇丕賳 爻丕賳爻賵乇 丿乇 讴卮賵乇卮 亘丕 毓賱丕賯賴 亘賴 賮毓丕賱蹖鬲 賲蹖 倬乇丿丕禺鬲 丕賲丕 亘丕 鬲睾蹖蹖乇 丨讴賵賲鬲 丕賵 賳蹖夭 毓賱蹖乇睾賲 丌夭丕丿蹖 讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 賮毓丕賱蹖鬲 丿丕乇丿 毓賱丕賯賴 丕蹖 亘賴 賮毓丕賱蹖鬲 賴丕蹖 賯亘賱蹖 賳丿丕乇丿 賵 鬲賲丕賲 丕蹖賳 鬲睾蹖蹖乇丕鬲 乇丕 趩蹖夭蹖 爻胤丨蹖 賲蹖 丿丕賳丿 讴賴 丿乇 賵丕賯毓 鬲丕孬蹖乇蹖 丿乇 賲蹖夭丕賳 乇賮丕賴 賵 乇囟丕蹖鬲 賲乇丿賲 賳丿丕卮鬲賴 丕爻鬲 .丕賵 亘賴 亘蹖诏丕賳賴 丕蹖 丿乇 賲賲賱讴鬲 禺賵丿 鬲亘丿蹖賱 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲 丕夭 倬爻 趩賴乇賴 賴丕蹖 丌卮賳丕 丌丿賲 賴丕蹖 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲蹖 亘蹖乇賵賳 丌賲丿賴 丕賳丿 .丨鬲蹖 丿賵乇亘蹖賳蹖 讴賴 賴賳賵夭 亘丕 禺賵丿卮 丨賲賱 賲蹖 讴乇丿 賳卮丕賳賴 蹖 亘蹖诏丕賳诏蹖 丕卮 亘賵丿 賵囟毓蹖鬲蹖 讴賴 賳賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳爻鬲 鬲賲丕蹖夭蹖 亘蹖賳 丕賲賵乇 囟乇賵乇蹖 賵 睾蹖乇 囟乇賵乇蹖 亘诏匕丕乇丿 .
丿乇 丨賯蹖賯鬲 丿賳蹖丕蹖 丿賵乇 賵 亘乇 丌賳賴丕 毓賵囟 卮丿賴 亘賵丿 賵 丌賳賴丕 爻毓蹖 賲蹖 讴乇丿賳丿 讴賴 丌賳乇丕 亘賴 卮讴賱 爻丕亘賯卮 亘乇诏乇丿丕賳賳丿 賵 丕蹖賳 鬲囟丕丿 丌卮讴丕乇 賵囟毓蹖鬲 丌賳賴丕 亘賵丿
亘賴 賯賵賱 倬丕賵賱 : 賵賯鬲蹖 賯賱丕亘 乇丕 賲蹖 亘賱毓蹖賲 趩賴 丕賲蹖丿蹖 亘賴 賮乇丕乇 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇丿 責 丌蹖丕 丨鬲蹖 禺亘乇丿丕乇蹖賲 讴賴 賯賱丕亘 乇丕 亘賱毓蹖丿賴 丕蹖賲 責
丌丿賲 賴丕 丕夭 賴賲 噩丿丕 賲蹖 卮賵賳丿 賵 乇賵夭蹖讴賴 丿賵亘丕乇賴 亘賴 賴賲 亘乇禺賵乇賳丿 丌丿賲 賴丕蹖 丿蹖诏乇蹖 卮丿賴 丕賳丿 ....
丿乇 丨賯蹖賯鬲 丿賳蹖丕蹖 丿賵乇 賵 亘乇 丌賳賴丕 毓賵囟 卮丿賴 亘賵丿 賵 丌賳賴丕 爻毓蹖 賲蹖 讴乇丿賳丿 讴賴 丌賳乇丕 亘賴 卮讴賱 爻丕亘賯卮 亘乇诏乇丿丕賳賳丿 賵 丕蹖賳 鬲囟丕丿 丌卮讴丕乇 賵囟毓蹖鬲 丌賳賴丕 亘賵丿
亘賴 賯賵賱 倬丕賵賱 : 賵賯鬲蹖 賯賱丕亘 乇丕 賲蹖 亘賱毓蹖賲 趩賴 丕賲蹖丿蹖 亘賴 賮乇丕乇 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇丿 責 丌蹖丕 丨鬲蹖 禺亘乇丿丕乇蹖賲 讴賴 賯賱丕亘 乇丕 亘賱毓蹖丿賴 丕蹖賲 責
丌丿賲 賴丕 丕夭 賴賲 噩丿丕 賲蹖 卮賵賳丿 賵 乇賵夭蹖讴賴 丿賵亘丕乇賴 亘賴 賴賲 亘乇禺賵乇賳丿 丌丿賲 賴丕蹖 丿蹖诏乇蹖 卮丿賴 丕賳丿 ....
September 29, 2019
4.5 stars
Waiting For The Dark, Waiting For the Light tells the story of Pavel, a TV cameraman at the time of the collapse of communism in Czechoslovakia. It is an astute observation of how ordinary people behave in times of political oppression but also a beautiful and sympathetic insight into the human condition in general and of loneliness and regret in particular. Highly recommended.
Despite the 欧宝娱乐 information for this particular edition, the author is not Paul E Wilson, but Ivan Klima. Paul E Wilson is the translator. I was tempted to switch editions because of this annoyance but I like the covers to match those I have read, so I have stuck with this edition! Maybe a kindly 欧宝娱乐 librarian will help me out here..?
Waiting For The Dark, Waiting For the Light tells the story of Pavel, a TV cameraman at the time of the collapse of communism in Czechoslovakia. It is an astute observation of how ordinary people behave in times of political oppression but also a beautiful and sympathetic insight into the human condition in general and of loneliness and regret in particular. Highly recommended.
Despite the 欧宝娱乐 information for this particular edition, the author is not Paul E Wilson, but Ivan Klima. Paul E Wilson is the translator. I was tempted to switch editions because of this annoyance but I like the covers to match those I have read, so I have stuck with this edition! Maybe a kindly 欧宝娱乐 librarian will help me out here..?
August 7, 2012
讴賱蹖賲丕 丕丨鬲賲丕賱賳 賲卮丕賴丿賴鈥屭� 禺賵亘蹖 丕爻鬲貨 丕蹖賳 乇丕 丕夭 亘毓囟蹖 賲賵賯毓蹖鬲鈥屬囏й� 鬲賵氐蹖賮鈥� 卮丿賴 丿乇 讴鬲丕亘 賲蹖鈥屫堌з� 賮賴賲蹖丿貙 丕賲丕 賯氐賴鈥屭� 賳蹖爻鬲. 蹖讴 趩蹖夭 乇丕 鬲毓乇蹖賮 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 鬲賲丕賲 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 丨丕賱丕 亘毓丿蹖 乇丕 鬲毓乇蹖賮 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賮乇賲蹖 賴賲 丿乇 讴丕乇 賳蹖爻鬲. 賲蹖鈥屫堌з� 賲賯丕蹖爻賴 讴乇丿 亘丕 讴賵賳丿乇丕 讴賴 毓賱蹖鈥屫必嘿� 丕蹖賳讴賴 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏й屫� 賮乇賲 賯胤毓賴鈥屬嗁堐屫驰� 丿丕乇賳丿 毓賲蹖賯賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屫з嗀� 讴賵賳丿乇丕 賯氐賴鈥屭堌池� 讴賱蹖賲丕 賳蹖爻鬲.鈥�
October 12, 2016
丌丿賲 賴丕 鬲丕 賵賯鬲蹖 夭賳丿賴 賴爻鬲賳丿 亘賴 賲乇诏 賮讴乇 賳賲蹖 讴賳賳 賵 賵賯鬲蹖 亘賴 賱丨馗賴 賴丕蹖 丌禺乇 乇爻蹖丿賳 丕丨爻丕爻 賲蹖 讴賳賳 爻乇卮賵賳 讴賱丕賴 乇賮鬲賴. 賯亘賱 丕夭 丕蹖賳讴賴 賵丕賯毓丕 賮乇氐鬲 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賳 賲乇诏 亘賴卮賵賳 乇爻蹖丿賴貙賯亘賱 丕夭 丕蹖賳讴賴 賲賮賴賵賲 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵 亘賮賴賲賳. 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖讴賳賳 亘丿賵賳 丕蹖賳讴賴 賲乇诏 乇賵 亘倬匕蹖乇賳.
- 鬲賵 賲乇诏 乇賵 倬匕蹖乇賮鬲蹖責
噩賵丕亘 丿丕丿 : 賳賲蹖丿賵賳賲 賵賱蹖 爻毓蹖 賲蹖讴賳賲 丨丿丕讴孬乇 丕爻鬲賮丕丿賴 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵 亘亘乇賲.
- 丨丿丕讴孬乇 丕爻鬲賮丕丿賴 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 蹖毓賳蹖 趩賴責
- 蹖毓賳蹖 賵賯鬲 鬲賱賮 賳讴乇丿賳.
- 丕蹖賳讴賴 噩賵丕亘 賲賳丕爻亘蹖 賳蹖爻鬲. 賵賯鬲 鬲賱賮 賳讴乇丿賳 蹖毓賳蹖 趩蹖責蹖毓賳蹖 賳夭丿蹖讴 亘賵丿賳 亘賴 讴爻蹖 讴賴 毓丕卮賯卮蹖責
- 丕诏賴 毓丕卮賯 讴爻蹖 賳亘賵丿蹖 趩蹖責
- 丕賵賳 賵賯鬲 亘丕蹖丿 丿賳亘丕賱卮 亘诏乇丿蹖
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- 鬲賵 賲乇诏 乇賵 倬匕蹖乇賮鬲蹖責
噩賵丕亘 丿丕丿 : 賳賲蹖丿賵賳賲 賵賱蹖 爻毓蹖 賲蹖讴賳賲 丨丿丕讴孬乇 丕爻鬲賮丕丿賴 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵 亘亘乇賲.
- 丨丿丕讴孬乇 丕爻鬲賮丕丿賴 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 蹖毓賳蹖 趩賴責
- 蹖毓賳蹖 賵賯鬲 鬲賱賮 賳讴乇丿賳.
- 丕蹖賳讴賴 噩賵丕亘 賲賳丕爻亘蹖 賳蹖爻鬲. 賵賯鬲 鬲賱賮 賳讴乇丿賳 蹖毓賳蹖 趩蹖責蹖毓賳蹖 賳夭丿蹖讴 亘賵丿賳 亘賴 讴爻蹖 讴賴 毓丕卮賯卮蹖責
- 丕诏賴 毓丕卮賯 讴爻蹖 賳亘賵丿蹖 趩蹖責
- 丕賵賳 賵賯鬲 亘丕蹖丿 丿賳亘丕賱卮 亘诏乇丿蹖
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June 4, 2013
There's nothing easier than persuading yourself you could really do something if you tried, as long as you know that they'll never give you the chance. The system never allowed you to win, and so it saved you from defeat as well.A quietly devastating work, relentlessly bleak and uncompromising.
September 27, 2010
亘賴 鬲賲丕賲 賵 讴賲丕賱 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴乇丿賳 蹖毓賳蹖:賳夭丿蹖讴 亘賵丿賳 亘賴 丌丿賲蹖 讴賴 毓丕卮賯卮 賴爻鬲蹖
賵丕诏乇 毓丕卮賯 讴爻蹖 賳亘丕卮蹖責
亘丕蹖丿 丿賳亘丕賱卮 亘诏乇丿蹖
賵丕诏乇 毓丕卮賯 讴爻蹖 賳亘丕卮蹖責
亘丕蹖丿 丿賳亘丕賱卮 亘诏乇丿蹖
November 26, 2022
4.5 stars. An interesting, original, clever novel with multiple narratives. The main protagonist is Pavel, a cameraman who works for a restrictive and corrupt regime. Pavel is a comprised, aimless, flawed, mediocre, uncommitted mid forties single man. The novel is set in Czechoslovakia, mainly in the 1980s. In 1989 there is a radical change of government. Before the change of government, Pavel鈥檚 work required him to censor the truth. He dreams of freedom to showcase his own ideas and talents. With the change in government Pavel finds himself struggling to adjust to his newly found freedom.
The book asks, what does it mean to be free? A thought provoking, memorable, worthwhile reading experience.
This book was first published in 1993.
The book asks, what does it mean to be free? A thought provoking, memorable, worthwhile reading experience.
This book was first published in 1993.
October 29, 2021
賮賷 兀噩賵丕亍 賲丨賱賷賾丞 噩丿賸丕 丨丿 丕賱鬲兀賲賱貙 賷賰鬲亘 賰賱賷賲丕 毓賲賾丕 賱賳 賷購噩亘乇 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丨 賲賴賲丕 丨丿孬 胤丕賱賲丕 兀賳賴 賱丕 賲噩丕賱 賱賱賯氐丕氐 賵賱丕 丨鬲賶 賱兀噩賵亘丞 毓賱賶 賲丕 丨丿孬 賵賰丕賳 賲爻丕賴賲賸丕 亘賴貙 廿匕 兀賳 毓丕賱賲賴 丕賱噩丿賷丿 丕賱胤丕賮丨 亘賭"丕賱丨乇賷丞" 賱丕 賷鬲賷丨 匕賱賰貙 賮賷 乇賵丕賷丞 賴賷 賲賳 丕賱賰丌亘丞 賵丕賱睾乇丕亘丞 亘賲賰丕賳. 賷毓賷賳賴丕 丕賱賳孬乇 丕賱賯賵賷 賵丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丕賱賲孬賷乇丞 賱賱鬲賮賰賷乇.
April 30, 2013
"Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light" was a book that took me a long time to read and required a lot of thought when I was reading it. The main character, Pavel, is by far one of the most depressing people I have ever encountered, and his story is just so frustrating. His life does not even seem that tragic; he is just one of those people who leads a melancholy life, and it is frustrating because the author just does not tell you why. The plot is intricate. There appear to be two separate universes, where one of them is real life and one of them is Pavel's screenplay. The lines between real life and the screenplay, however, are extremely blurry. Many of the characters all overlap, with the end result being that there are at least three Pavels, three Alices, and two Evas who serve different purposes and are called by different names; and none of them have particularly happy endings. The president in the screenplay and in real life is like the exact same person, which does not help clarify boundaries in the slightest. And then the screenplay serves to provide a back-story for a criminal who also appears in real life, with shocking similarities to Pavel even though he was just a part of one of Pavel's documentaries in real life... The end result is thorough confusion over how everything fits together, what is real vs. one of Pavel's fantasies, what is going to happen in the future to all the different sets of overlapping characters, and why happiness just cannot be found. Despite the fact that it is one of the most depressing books I have ever read, it is extremely fun to analyze. I definitely enjoyed the complexity of the interactions, and I hope to read it again someday.
July 15, 2020
亘賴 賴乇 氐賵乇鬲貙 丿乇 丕蹖賳噩丕 賲乇夭 賲蹖丕賳 亘賵丿賳 賵 賳亘賵丿賳 賲亘賴賲 卮丿賴 亘賵丿. 賴乇 噩丕 讴賴 丕蹖賳 丕鬲賮丕賯 賲蹖鈥屫з佖� 丕夭 賲乇夭賴丕蹖 丿蹖诏乇 賳蹖夭 乇丕丨鬲鈥屫� 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳 毓亘賵乇 讴乇丿 : 賲乇夭蹖 讴賴 丨乇氐貙 乇蹖丕讴丕乇蹖貙 賳丕丿乇爻鬲蹖貙 亘蹖鈥屫簇辟呟� 賵 賳賵賲蹖丿蹖 乇丕 賲卮禺氐 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 丕丨鬲賲丕賱丌 丿乇 倬爻 亘賯蹖賴 賳賴賮鬲賴 丕爻鬲.
丨乇氐 賵 賳丕丿乇爻鬲蹖 趩蹖爻鬲責 賳讴亘鬲 賵 賮賱丕讴鬲 趩蹖爻鬲責 丨乇氐 丕賳诏卮鬲蹖 夭蹖乇 诏賱賵蹖 丌丿賲蹖 爻蹖乇貙 丕鬲丕賯蹖 丕囟丕賮蹖 亘乇丕蹖 禺乇鬲 賵 倬乇鬲賴丕蹖 亘賴 丿乇丿 賳禺賵乇貙 毓丕卮賯蹖 賲丨乇賵賲 丕夭 賲丨亘鬲 丿乇 丌睾賵卮鬲 丕爻鬲.
丨乇氐 賵 賳丕丿乇爻鬲蹖 趩蹖爻鬲責 賳讴亘鬲 賵 賮賱丕讴鬲 趩蹖爻鬲責 丨乇氐 丕賳诏卮鬲蹖 夭蹖乇 诏賱賵蹖 丌丿賲蹖 爻蹖乇貙 丕鬲丕賯蹖 丕囟丕賮蹖 亘乇丕蹖 禺乇鬲 賵 倬乇鬲賴丕蹖 亘賴 丿乇丿 賳禺賵乇貙 毓丕卮賯蹖 賲丨乇賵賲 丕夭 賲丨亘鬲 丿乇 丌睾賵卮鬲 丕爻鬲.
March 6, 2015
"We all lived in this country. Given the conditions that existed here, every one of us came out of it scarred in some way. And who can establish a borderline between guilt and innocence, when that borderline runs somewhere right down the middle of each and every person?"
August 7, 2013
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亘丕 趩賳蹖賳 鬲乇噩賲賴鈥屫й� 乇賵亘乇賵 賴爻鬲蹖賲!
November 29, 2014
Too Many Questions
In my opinion, I believe Pavel was questing for quest. His quest to make a film was the writer's tool for expressing his own views. All of the female characters were foils who asked a lot of questions so Pavel could express his thoughts out loud instead of in his head. The characters seemed soulless and two dimensional. The only complete character was his mother. But maybe all of this was intentional and in the that case the author succeeded.
In my opinion, I believe Pavel was questing for quest. His quest to make a film was the writer's tool for expressing his own views. All of the female characters were foils who asked a lot of questions so Pavel could express his thoughts out loud instead of in his head. The characters seemed soulless and two dimensional. The only complete character was his mother. But maybe all of this was intentional and in the that case the author succeeded.
March 23, 2016
讴鬲丕亘 禺賵亘蹖賴貙 丕乇夭卮 趩賳丿亘丕乇 禺賵賳丿賳 乇賵 丿丕乇賴貙 噩夭亍 讴鬲亘 賵蹖夭賴 賲賳 賲丨爻賵亘 賲蹖卮賴
蹖讴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賵 丕蹖丿賴 诏蹖乇丕貙 乇賵丕蹖鬲 禺賵亘 賵 鬲乇噩賲賴 賲賳丕爻亘
丕賱亘鬲賴 亘乇丕蹖 丿乇讴 毓賲賯 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘丕蹖丿 賮囟丕卮 乇賵 丨爻 讴乇丿賴 亘丕卮蹖 賵 诏乇丕蹖卮丕鬲 爻蹖丕爻蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮蹖.
賮囟丕蹖 讴爻蹖 讴賴 丕夭 丨讴賵賲鬲 賲鬲賳賮乇賴貙 丕賲丕 賲噩亘賵乇賴 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 卮睾賱卮 禺賵丕爻鬲賴 賴丕蹖 丨讴賵賲鬲 乇賵 丕噩乇丕 讴賳賴
賮丕乇睾 丕夭 亘丨孬 爻蹖丕爻蹖貙 賲丕噩乇丕蹖 丿乇丕賲 賴賲 丿丕乇賴 讴賴 亘賴 賳馗乇賲 禺賵亘 倬乇丿丕禺鬲 卮丿賴
丕賱亘鬲賴 亘禺卮 賴丕蹖 讴賵趩讴蹖 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 賴爻鬲 讴賴 賲賲讴賳賴 亘賴 丿賱 賳卮蹖賳賴
蹖讴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賵 丕蹖丿賴 诏蹖乇丕貙 乇賵丕蹖鬲 禺賵亘 賵 鬲乇噩賲賴 賲賳丕爻亘
丕賱亘鬲賴 亘乇丕蹖 丿乇讴 毓賲賯 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘丕蹖丿 賮囟丕卮 乇賵 丨爻 讴乇丿賴 亘丕卮蹖 賵 诏乇丕蹖卮丕鬲 爻蹖丕爻蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮蹖.
賮囟丕蹖 讴爻蹖 讴賴 丕夭 丨讴賵賲鬲 賲鬲賳賮乇賴貙 丕賲丕 賲噩亘賵乇賴 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 卮睾賱卮 禺賵丕爻鬲賴 賴丕蹖 丨讴賵賲鬲 乇賵 丕噩乇丕 讴賳賴
賮丕乇睾 丕夭 亘丨孬 爻蹖丕爻蹖貙 賲丕噩乇丕蹖 丿乇丕賲 賴賲 丿丕乇賴 讴賴 亘賴 賳馗乇賲 禺賵亘 倬乇丿丕禺鬲 卮丿賴
丕賱亘鬲賴 亘禺卮 賴丕蹖 讴賵趩讴蹖 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 賴爻鬲 讴賴 賲賲讴賳賴 亘賴 丿賱 賳卮蹖賳賴
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January 15, 2011Apparently I read this in 2000, I ofund a bookmark to attest to such and I found references on our samizdat site. For the life of me, I can't recall this book.
November 4, 2012
爻賵丕賱丕鬲蹖 讴賴 鬲賵蹖 讴鬲丕亘 賲胤乇丨 卮丿賴 亘賵丿 乇賵 禺蹖賱蹖 丿賵爻鬲 鬲乇 賲蹖 丿丕卮鬲賲
賲讴孬 賴丕 毓丕丕賱蹖 亘賵丿賳丿
賲讴孬 賴丕 毓丕丕賱蹖 亘賵丿賳丿
June 9, 2023
This was my third read of a Klima novel. The others, The Ultimate Intimacy and No Saints or Angels, were set well into Czechia鈥檚 post Communist era. Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light begins late in the old dispensation, proceeding into the subsequent era.
The plot centers on one individual who had once been imprisoned for attempting to leave the Communist world, but had become a government official by the time of the change.
A complex story, it sent me on numerous internal searches to clarify characters and plot elements (I was glad to be reading on the Kindle app).
Kudos to Klima and his translator for the clear, readable prose.
The plot centers on one individual who had once been imprisoned for attempting to leave the Communist world, but had become a government official by the time of the change.
A complex story, it sent me on numerous internal searches to clarify characters and plot elements (I was glad to be reading on the Kindle app).
Kudos to Klima and his translator for the clear, readable prose.
February 11, 2019
This work is literary fiction, esoteric and almost magical reality in portions. I found it interesting but not 100% successful. The main character floats through life in a Communist system, unable to commit to himself, his art (he is a film maker), his relationships or even his elderly mother. Because he is only on the surface of his life it was not engaging for me. Pavel is present for the end of Communist rule and instead of it ending with a bang it ended with a sort of so what.
I am glad I read it but it is not a book I would recommend to others.
I am glad I read it but it is not a book I would recommend to others.
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