Karel Čapek : life and work /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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North Haven, CT :
Catbird Press :
[2002]
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| Edition: | 1st English-language ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- A trio of geniuses
- Mama's boy
- Visual artist or writer?
- Civilized optimism swept away
- Not two sheaves, but rather thousands of stalks
- From tutor to editor
- The shy boy as robber
- Olga : love with a secret
- The first report on the end of civilization : R.U.R.
- The second report on the end of civilization : The absolute at large
- A morality play about insects and people
- To live briefly, but fully
- Personal crisis and flight to Italy
- Return of the robber
- A bad dream
- A protest against ideologies
- How to warn of destruction?
- Important for the nation
- Mary and Martha
- The stolen document and other tales
- The end of the robber
- The story of a man hurrying towards death
- Looking for love
- The failure of the intellectuals will make barbarians of us all
- The third report on the end of civilization : War with the newts
- Do you wish merry me?
- Artist v. newspaperman
- It could have been a book about soldiers or the crew of a ship
- Anyone can go to his death, but to lose someone
- We are all increasingly alone.