Súbor 24 filozoficky ladených poviedok detektívneho charakteru, zamyslenia nad otázkami práva a spravodlivosti, dobra a zla, zločinu a trestu. Viaceré boli aj sfilmované. Česká klasika zo Zlatého fondu SME. Zobraziť viac
Dvadsaťštyri detektívnych poviedok voľne nadväzujúcich na Povídky z jedné kapsy. Viaceré z nich boli aj sfilmované. Česká klasika zo Zlatého fondu SME. Zobraziť viac
Proč po celém světě jako lavina vzrůstá náboženské běsnění a lidská touha po dokonalém štěstí? Nechtěným efektem zázračného stroje na výrobu energie je totiž vytvoření „Absolutna" – esence, působící na lidstvo a jeho jedn Zobraziť viac
Detectives attempt to reconstruct a murder, three people tell stories about a dying man they really didn't know, and one man looks back on all the people he might have been." Zobraziť viac
Capek's best plays, stories, and columns take us from the social contributions of clumsy people to dramatic meditations on mortality and commitment. The "Reader" includes a new and, at last, complete English translation of "R.U.R.," the play that... Zobraziť viac
Never have two such important world figures collaborated in a biography: Toma Garrigue Masaryk (18501937), the original philosopher-president who founded Czechoslovakia in 1918, and Karel Capek (18901938), the leading Czech writer of the time. Capek... Zobraziť viac
Written during and right after World War I, this volume pairs two short story collections from Karel Capek, considered one of the greatest Czech writers. The first collection, Wayside Crosses, presents an agonized and unsuccessful search for God and... Zobraziť viac
R.U.R.—written in 1920—garnered worldwide acclaim for its author and popularized the word "Robot." Mass-produced, efficient and servile labor, Čapek's Robots remember everything, but lack creative thought, and the Utopian life they provide ultimately... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Classics: War with the Newts (1936) is Karel Capek's darkly humorous allegory of early twentieth-century Czech... Zobraziť viac
The stories in this collection tackle great events and figures of history, myth, and literature in unexpected ways, questioning views on such basic concepts as justice, progress, wisdom, belief, and patriotism. Zobraziť viac
