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In Czechoslovakia during the 1980s, young Milan comforts himself with long-distance running and a woman named Tania, when he is forbidden entrance into the university because of his father's political activities.
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The Year of the Frog
Martin Simecka
HB list price $22.95
Louisiana State Univ Pr (date)
ISBN: 0807118699
240 pages
PB out of print
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This gets: a from eryka:
Very Czech. The structure is similar to Kundera, Klima and other Czech authors who's last names begin with a K, and the subject matter, of course, deals with conformity, voice, and survival in a world where nonconformity was criminalized and individuals were disempowered. Another glimpse into aspects of Soviet domination over the Eastern Bloc.
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So good you just can't stand it.
Almost that good.
Sort of good.
Generally a waste of time.
Destined for the recycler.