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Prague in Black and Gold: The History of a City (Paperback)

by Peter Demetz (Author)

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Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Penguin; New Ed edition (27 Aug 1998)
Language English
ISBN-10: 014026888X
ISBN-13: 978-0140268881
Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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From the Velvet Revolution to the disturbing world of Franz Kafka, from the devestation of the Thirty Years War to the musical elegance of Mozart and Dvorak, Prague is steeped in a wealth of history and culture. PRAGUE IN BLACK AND GOLD is a first class history of this unique city, allowing us to unravel layer upon layer of startlingly symbolic sites and buidings to reveal the real Prague. "PRAGUE IN BLACK AND GOLD is an exceptional work - and exceptionally reliable ... I am sure that thiswill be an important and exciting guide for all who wish to learn more about the famous people and important events in the history of the Czech lands and their capital" Ivan Klima, The Times

About the Author

Peter Demetz is Professor Emeritus of German and Comparative Literature at Yale Universiry. He grew up in Prague but fled Czechoslovakia in 1949, settling in the United States. "The author is a master of digressions, a brilliant raconteur whom we follow gladly on his intellectual rambles ... As a guide in these treacherous waters, he inspires total trust" Spectator

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4.0 out of 5 stars Persevere with the tiny print...!, 2 April 2001

By	louise.mycroft@btinternet.com (Barnsley, England) - See all my reviews

I bought this in Prague and it became a second travelling companion to me. The minute print meant I found the book difficult to get into at first, but I persevered and learned so much which illuminated my stay.

Peter Demetz is not afraid to write subjectively and his personal insight is one of the most fascinating aspects of this history, stripping away the tourist facade and displaying his home city in all it's bloody splendour.

My only criticism would be that recent history is a little rushed, but perhaps that is deliberate? It certainly made me want to learn more about Prague's fascinating history - and sharpened my appetite for another trip to the Czech Republic!

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2.0 out of 5 stars Stunted history, 22 Feb 2006

By	the_white_girl (London) - See all my reviews

I admit it - I found this book dry, drab, dusty, and dull. Fact after fact whipped past me, and at the end of the exercise, I felt as if I knew nothing more about the city than I did when I began.

Perhaps I have been spoiled by reading too many lively histories - histories that carry you away and deposit you within a (albeit often mythical) city. Thus, I expect history to be an adventure, not a trial. For me, this book was the latter - and I was relieved to finish.

All that said, the main issue I had with this book was that the history lesson stopped in, of all times, 1937. So - no Nazi occupation, no communist regime, no velvet revolution. Cutting out the most interesting part of Prague's history in this way is bizarre and (even bearing in mind Demetz's discomfort at his past) fairly unforgivable.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best Prague History book, 17 Jun 2008

By	James Stafford - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

....you will find in English.

Bought it 8 years ago and have read it four times.

Superb.

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