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Republic
Moments that don't matter. Until irreversibility gives them meaning.
Our twentieth century has been full of struggles, defeats, victories, but above all paradoxes, often lurking in the shadows of great historical events. The book Republic, through which the well-known writer, publisher and holder of numerous literary awards Jiří Padevět takes us to the period between 1918-1990, attempts to bring our modern history closer to us in the space of 73 short stories.
They talk about moments, that are irrelevant to the "big" story, banal, but from a human perspective, who lived through them, were, on the contrary, absolutely essential. They have often changed the lives of their actors in unexpected and drastic ways. Both towards despair and towards a hope that endures.
They wrote about the book Republic
Perhaps right now, behind our backs, and perhaps more likely before our eyes, a moment is taking place that will one day go down in history. Hopefully, Padevet or authors like him will not miss it.
Monika Zavřelová, iDNES.cz
Jiří Padevet
Jiří Padevet (born. 1966) is a writer, bookseller and publisher. He is the author of a number of historical guides, such as Guide to Protectorate Prague (2013), The Bloody Finale (2015) and The Bloody Summer of 1945 (2016), and books of short prose Notes on History (2014), Spikes and Nooses (2018) and Dreams and Axes (2019). On the Internet Television Seznam, he presents the programme Blood Years, which takes viewers to places associated with Nazi and Communist tyranny. He is the winner of the Magnesia Litera Award in the Book of the Year and Non-Fiction categories.
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