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Návrat Krále Šumavy
Author: David Jan Žák
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David Jan Žák reconstructs Josef Hasil's life against the closing Czechoslovak border. Návrat Krále Šumavy transforms memories, testimony, and archival documents into a biographical novel about personal choices during the rise of the Iron Curtain.
Beginning in the postwar borderlands, the story follows Hasil's transition from service in the security forces to guiding people across the border after February 1948. Šumava gradually becomes a place of political tension and tightly controlled movement. The author combines source material with fictional narration, connecting Hasil's human experience with wider events that transform freedom of movement and personal safety.
This Czech-language e-book has 400 pages and comes in EPUB format.
David Jan Žák reconstructs Josef Hasil's life against the closing Czechoslovak border. Návrat Krále Šumavy transforms memories, testimony, and archival documents into a biographical novel about personal choices during the rise of the Iron Curtain.
Book information
- Author
- David Jan Žák
- Publisher
- Labyrint
- Formát
- E-book
- Language
- Czech
- Genre
- Životopisný román
- ISBN
- 978-80-872-6039-5
- Publication date
- 1. January 2012
- Pages
- 400
- E-book formats
- EPUB (ISBN 978-80-872-6049-4)
What is Návrat Krále Šumavy about?
Beginning in the postwar borderlands, the story follows Hasil's transition from service in the security forces to guiding people across the border after February 1948. Šumava gradually becomes a place of political tension and tightly controlled movement. The author combines source material with fictional narration, connecting Hasil's human experience with wider events that transform freedom of movement and personal safety.
Themes and motifs
Personal choice
Hasil makes decisions under the pressure of a changing regime.
The border
Šumava becomes a place of escape and state control.
Historical memory
The novel draws on memories, testimony, and documents.
Setting
Postwar Šumava and the Czechoslovak borderlands after February 1948.
Main characters
Josef Hasil
A historical figure portrayed in the novel: a former member of the security forces who guided people across the border.
Who is this book for?
For readers of biographical historical fiction about Josef Hasil, Šumava, and the emergence of the Iron Curtain.
Book context
The novel inspired the Návrat Krále Šumavy graphic trilogy, whose first volume is Na čáře.
Otázky o knihe
Who wrote the book?
The author is David Jan Žák.
Whose life does it follow?
Josef Hasil's, from service in the security forces to guiding people across the border.
Is there a graphic adaptation?
Yes. The novel inspired a graphic trilogy beginning with Na čáře.
What are the edition details?
This Czech-language e-book has 400 pages and comes in EPUB format.
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