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Three Faces of an Angel
Pehe Jiri
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Description for Three Faces of an Angel
Hardcover. Translator(s): Turner, Gerald. Num Pages: 359 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 151 x 35. Weight in Grams: 602.
This novel about the twentieth century begins when time was linear and ends when the notion of progress becomes less well defined. It strikes me that Josef Brehme lived in an epoch when time still proceeded in a straight line from the past to the future, muses his grandson, the talented, handsome, and cynical Alex Brehme, in his diary in late 2001. The Brehmes' story guides the reader through revolution, war, the Holocaust, and ultimately exile and return. A novel about what man does to man and whether God intervenes. Translated by Gerald Turner. remarkable -Vaclav Havel. ... Read more
This novel about the twentieth century begins when time was linear and ends when the notion of progress becomes less well defined. It strikes me that Josef Brehme lived in an epoch when time still proceeded in a straight line from the past to the future, muses his grandson, the talented, handsome, and cynical Alex Brehme, in his diary in late 2001. The Brehmes' story guides the reader through revolution, war, the Holocaust, and ultimately exile and return. A novel about what man does to man and whether God intervenes. Translated by Gerald Turner. remarkable -Vaclav Havel. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Jantar Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
601g
Number of Pages
359
Place of Publication
Folkestone, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780956889041
SKU
V9780956889041
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About Pehe Jiri
Jiri Pehe served Czech President Vaclav Havel in various roles from 1997 to 2003 and has been the director of New York University in Prague since 1999. He has written numerous essays and papers that have appeared online, in newspapers and academic publications across the world and has also published several books, including three novels. Three Faces of an Angel ... Read more
Reviews for Three Faces of an Angel
An expansive, multigenerational novel about Western Europe that takes on the big questions. ... Set against the complex, turbulent political and cultural tableau of central Europe, Pehe's sweeping novel confronts the existenstial questions concerning God's existence and man's brutality to man.
Kirkus Reviews Kirkus Reviews A captivating three-generational saga. . . It weaves the lives ... Read more
Kirkus Reviews Kirkus Reviews A captivating three-generational saga. . . It weaves the lives ... Read more