Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-196) and index
Machine generated contents note: Introduction I -- Jaroslav HaSek: Surviving the century 4 -- Karel Capek: Whose point of view? "27 -- Bohumil Hrabal: Smallpeople and tall tales 52 -- Josef Skvorecky: Fascism, Communism and all thatjazz 87 -- Ota Pavel: Laughter in the dark 123 -- Ivan Klima: Conscience and moralconundrums 136 -- Daniela Hodrova, Michal Viewegh, Jachym Topol: New voices? 162 -- Notes 184 -- Select Bibliography 192 -- Inder 197.
