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Dům v Matoušově ulici
Author: Tereza Boučková
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Tereza Boučková follows nearly a century in the life of a house in Smíchov and the people who lived there. Her personal connection to the place intersects with a search for the family of Jewish lawyer Eduard Schwarz.
The house becomes a meeting point for individual lives and twentieth-century history. Nazism and communism affect ownership, dignity, and family continuity. The author's investigation forms part of a narrative in which the past gradually returns to the present.
This Czech-language e-book comes in EPUB format.
Tereza Boučková follows nearly a century in the life of a house in Smíchov and the people who lived there. Her personal connection to the place intersects with a search for the family of Jewish lawyer Eduard Schwarz.
Book information
- Author
- Tereza Boučková
- Publisher
- Euromedia
- Imprint
- Odeon
- Formát
- E-book
- Language
- Czech
- Original title
- cs
- ISBN
- 978-80-207-2234-8
- Publication date
- 12. August 2024
- Pages
- 208
- E-book formats
- EPUB (ISBN 978-80-207-2253-9)
What is Dům v Matoušově ulici about?
The house becomes a meeting point for individual lives and twentieth-century history. Nazism and communism affect ownership, dignity, and family continuity. The author's investigation forms part of a narrative in which the past gradually returns to the present.
Themes and motifs
Memory of place
One house connects the lives of its residents.
History and family
Political regimes disrupt family continuity.
Tracing the past
A personal bond with the house leads to earlier lives.
Setting
A house in Smíchov and its nearly century-long history in the twentieth century.
Main characters
Eduard Schwarz
A Jewish lawyer whose family the author investigates.
Who is this book for?
For readers of historical prose with a documentary approach.
Book context
Tereza Boučková's novel connects a personal relationship with a place to historical investigation.
Otázky o knihe
Who wrote the book?
The author is Tereza Boučková.
What is the central location?
A house in Smíchov connecting its residents' lives with history.
What are the language and format?
This Czech-language e-book comes in EPUB format.
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