Zbabělci
Encyclopedia
Zbabělci is a Czech novel
by Josef Škvorecký
. Written in 1948 and 1949 and first published in 1958, it is a story from the very end of the Second World War
in Europe. Narrated in the first person by a Czech teenager Danny Smiřický, it takes place from 4 May to 11 May 1945 in his hometown, a fictional eastern Bohemian
small town Kostelec
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Czech literature
Czech literature is the literature written by Czechs or other inhabitants of the Czech state, mostly in the Czech language, although other languages like Old Church Slavonic, Latin or German have been also used, especially in the past. Modern authors from the Czech territory who wrote in other...
by Josef Škvorecký
Josef Škvorecký
Josef Škvorecký, CM is a leading contemporary Czech writer and publisher who has spent much of his life in Canada. He and his wife were long-time supporters of Czech dissident writers before the fall of communism in that country...
. Written in 1948 and 1949 and first published in 1958, it is a story from the very end of the Second World War
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
in Europe. Narrated in the first person by a Czech teenager Danny Smiřický, it takes place from 4 May to 11 May 1945 in his hometown, a fictional eastern Bohemian
Bohemia
Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...
small town Kostelec
Kostelec
Kostelec is the name of several locations in the Czech Republic:* Kostelec na Hané, a town in Olomouc Region * Kostelec nad Labem, a town in Central Bohemian Region...
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