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Pod tíhou historie
Author: Jiří Padevět, Luděk Staněk
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Pod tíhou historie presents Padevět's approach to the darker chapters of modern history through conversation. Specific places and dates acquire meaning through the individual lives that explain his research interests.
Historian Jiří Padevět sees history as more than a sequence of dates and events. In conversation with journalist Luděk Staněk, he explains why the darker chapters of modern Czech history draw him in and why he seeks individual human lives behind places and dates.
Book information
- Author
- Jiří Padevět, Luděk Staněk
- Publisher
- Albatros Media a.s.
- Imprint
- Vyšehrad
- Formát
- E-book
- Language
- Czech
- Genre
- rozhovor, literatúra faktu, české dejiny, biografia
- ISBN
- 978-80-742-9751-9
- Publication date
- 1. January 2016
- Pages
- 168
- Edition
- Rozhovory
- E-book formats
- EPUB (ISBN 978-80-742-9783-0) · PDF (ISBN 978-80-742-9782-3)
What is Pod tíhou historie about?
This extensive book-length interview presents Jiří Padevět as historian, writer, publisher, and bookseller. Luděk Staněk discusses his interest in World War II in Bohemia and Moravia, his methods of working with particular places and individual stories, and history's wider significance for people today. The conversation also touches on Padevět's childhood, education, books, literature, Karel Hynek Mácha, and his views on recent, alternative, parallel, and local history.
Themes and motifs
Memory and history
The conversation explores how particular places, events, and individual lives preserve historical memory.
World War II
Research into occupation and wartime events in Bohemia and Moravia forms a significant part of Padevět's work.
Individual lives
Padevět emphasizes personal stories that help illuminate major historical events.
Literature and books
The interview also explores Padevět's relationship with books, publishing, and literature.
Setting
The conversation focuses mainly on twentieth-century Czech and Czechoslovak history and Jiří Padevět's personal and professional life.
Main characters
Jiří Padevět
A Czech historian, writer, publisher, and bookseller reflecting on his work, life, and relationship with history.
Luděk Staněk
The journalist and co-author who conducts the interview with Jiří Padevět.
Who is this book for?
For readers of modern Czech history, nonfiction, biographical interviews, and books about World War II and historical memory.
Book context
Pod tíhou historie is a book-length interview conducted by Luděk Staněk with Jiří Padevět. Vyšehrad published it in 2016 in the Rozhovory collection. Bibliographic catalogs describe it as an interview, biographical narrative, and nonfiction. An audio version narrated by Jan Hyhlík followed later.
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Pod tíhou historie
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What is Pod tíhou historie about?
It is Luděk Staněk's book-length interview with historian Jiří Padevět about his life, work, World War II, individual lives, and the significance of history.
Who are the authors?
The authors are Luděk Staněk and Jiří Padevět.
Is Pod tíhou historie a novel?
No. It is nonfiction in the form of an extensive book-length interview.
Which periods does the interview cover?
It focuses strongly on modern Czech and Czechoslovak history, especially World War II.
Is the book part of a collection?
Yes. Vyšehrad published it in the Rozhovory collection.
Is there an audio version?
Yes. Library catalogs record a 2022 audio version narrated by Jan Hyhlík.
How many pages does this edition have?
Both SOURCE_FACT and the official publisher list 168 pages.
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