We were a handful / Karel Polác̆ek ; translation from the Czech by Mark Corner.

By:

Poláček, Karel [author.]

Contributor(s):

Corner, Mark [translator.]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Czech Series: Modern Czech classicsPublisher: Prague : Karolinum Press, [2016]Description: 1 online resource (209 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9788024633756
8024633752
9788024638782
8024638789

Uniform titles:

Bylo nás pět. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: We were a handful.DDC classification:

891.8635 23

LOC classification:

PG5038.P64 B913 2016eb

Online resources:

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Contents:

Cover; About the author; Translator's Note and Acknowledgement.

Summary: "A favorite work of Czech humor, We Were a Handful depicts the adventures of five boys from a small Czech town through the diary of Petr Bajza, the grocer's son. Written by Karel Polácek at the height of World War II before his deportation to Auschwitz in 1944, this book draws on the happier years of Polácek's own childhood as inspiration. As we look upon the world through Petr's eyes, we, too, marvel at the incomprehensible world of grownups; join in fights between gangs of neighborhood kids; and laugh at the charming language of boys, a major source of the book's humor. This translation at last offers English-language readers the opportunity to share in Petr's (and Polácek's) childhood and reminds us that joy and laughter are possible even in the darkest times"-- Amazon

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"A favorite work of Czech humor, We Were a Handful depicts the adventures of five boys from a small Czech town through the diary of Petr Bajza, the grocer's son. Written by Karel Polácek at the height of World War II before his deportation to Auschwitz in 1944, this book draws on the happier years of Polácek's own childhood as inspiration. As we look upon the world through Petr's eyes, we, too, marvel at the incomprehensible world of grownups; join in fights between gangs of neighborhood kids; and laugh at the charming language of boys, a major source of the book's humor. This translation at last offers English-language readers the opportunity to share in Petr's (and Polácek's) childhood and reminds us that joy and laughter are possible even in the darkest times"-- Amazon