{"product_id":"mr-kafka-and-other-tales-from-the-time-of-the-cult-paperback","title":"Mr. Kafka: And Other Tales from the Time of the Cult - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBohumil Hrabal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePaul Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNever before published in English, the stories in \u003cem\u003eMr. Kafka and Other Tales from the Time of the Cult\u003c\/em\u003e were written mostly in the 1950s and present the Czech master Bohumil Hrabal at the height of his powers. The stories capture a time when Czech Stalinists were turning society upside down, inflicting their social and political experiments on mostly unwilling subjects. These stories are set variously in the gas-lit streets of post-war Prague; on the raucous and dangerous factory floor of the famous Poldi steelworks where Hrabal himself once worked; in a cacophonous open-air dance hall where classical and popular music come to blows; at the basement studio where a crazed artist attempts to fashion a national icon; on the scaffolding around a decommissioned church. Hrabal captures men and women trapped in an eerily beautiful nightmare, longing for a world where \"humor and metaphysical escape can reign supreme.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 27, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45607794475052,"sku":"9780811224802","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/mr-kafka-and-other-tales-from-the-time-of-the-cult-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}