The Hours and the Minutes
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2025
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic (Verlag)
978-80-246-5896-4 (ISBN)
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic (Verlag)
978-80-246-5896-4 (ISBN)
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With their courageous and engaging critique of Communism in the 1950s, these critically acclaimed Slovak classics demask one of the founding myths of modern Slovakia.
The Hours and The Minutes was first published in Bratislava in 1956, the year of Nikita Khrushchev’s “secret speech,” in which the Soviet leader formally acknowledged Stalin’s tyranny and opened the way for political reform throughout the Eastern Bloc. Alfonz Bednár’s writing was one of the first free of nationalist and communist propaganda, rejecting earlier ideologization of life by both the fascist right and Stalinist left and finding more empathetic ways to explore the complexity of human experience. His novellas defy traditional heroic depictions and portray the human individual, his relations, and morality as the subject of history rather than a utopian, collectivist ideology.
In these five novellas, Bednár is preoccupied with the insensitive, even inhuman, rootless, and amoral modernity that the war and Communist Party import into traditional Slovak life. The destruction of the traditional Slovak countryside during the twentieth century through modernization and urbanization, and with it a particular approach to life, forms his central theme. His spare, epic style and devotion to plot and dynamic narration render The Hours and The Minutes a genuine and gripping read.
The Hours and The Minutes was first published in Bratislava in 1956, the year of Nikita Khrushchev’s “secret speech,” in which the Soviet leader formally acknowledged Stalin’s tyranny and opened the way for political reform throughout the Eastern Bloc. Alfonz Bednár’s writing was one of the first free of nationalist and communist propaganda, rejecting earlier ideologization of life by both the fascist right and Stalinist left and finding more empathetic ways to explore the complexity of human experience. His novellas defy traditional heroic depictions and portray the human individual, his relations, and morality as the subject of history rather than a utopian, collectivist ideology.
In these five novellas, Bednár is preoccupied with the insensitive, even inhuman, rootless, and amoral modernity that the war and Communist Party import into traditional Slovak life. The destruction of the traditional Slovak countryside during the twentieth century through modernization and urbanization, and with it a particular approach to life, forms his central theme. His spare, epic style and devotion to plot and dynamic narration render The Hours and The Minutes a genuine and gripping read.
Alfonz Bednár (1914–89) was a Slovak novelist, screenwriter, and translator. David Short is an acclaimed translator of numerous books from Czech and Slovak to English.
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Afterword (Rajendra A. Chitnis)
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.5.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Modern Slovak Classics |
| Nachwort | Rajendra A. Chitnis |
| Übersetzer | David Short |
| Verlagsort | Ovocny |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 130 x 190 mm |
| Gewicht | 454 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Historische Romane |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 80-246-5896-8 / 8024658968 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-80-246-5896-4 / 9788024658964 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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