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
S milým, vstřícným humorem autor pomocí pohádkových příběhů objasňuje spoustu jevů běžného života a popisuje, co se děje ve chvílích a na místech, kam málokdy je člověk puštěn. Vysvětlí nám spoustu faktů z ptačí říše nebo z profese pošťácké a tulácké. 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
War with the Newts (1936) is Karel Capek's darkly humorous allegory of early twentieth-century Czech politics... 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
