| #579307 in Books | 2014-05-27 | 2014-05-27 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.52 x1.01 x5.75l,.81 | File type: PDF | 288 pages||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Must read for our times!|By M Scaff|It took me some time to get into Gottland, but in the end I loved it. It paints an incredible picture of Czechoslovakia throughout the 20th century, and the struggles of people against political forces that stopped at nothing to crush their spirit. It is a series of shocking tales and put together in a way that feels relentless. Ultimately th||Praise for Gottland||“Gottland offers an indelible account of the ravages of 20th-century totalitarianism and the way it continues to pollute human thought and behavior in the 21st century." |—New York Ti
Winner of the Europe Book Prize
One of Europe’s most preeminent investigative journalists travels to the Czech Republic—the Czech half of the former Czechoslovakia, the land that brought us Kafka—to explore the surreal fictions and the extraordinary reality of its twentieth century.
For example, there’s the story of the small businessman who adopted Henry Ford’s ideas on productivity to create the world’s largest ...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Gottland: Mostly True Stories from Half of Czechoslovakia | Mariusz Szczygiel. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.