This novel about conflicts of conscience explores an unusual love triangle of a man, a woman, and the Czech countryside. Mikulas is an architect who has spent his career designing prefab high-rise apartment blocks in Prague, when his dream has been to design garden apartment complexes in the countryside that he loves. Finally winning the heart of an artist named Olga, a woman he first fell in love with 20 years earlier, Mikulas must now make a decision between her and his homeland. Filled with striking images, fresh ...
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This novel about conflicts of conscience explores an unusual love triangle of a man, a woman, and the Czech countryside. Mikulas is an architect who has spent his career designing prefab high-rise apartment blocks in Prague, when his dream has been to design garden apartment complexes in the countryside that he loves. Finally winning the heart of an artist named Olga, a woman he first fell in love with 20 years earlier, Mikulas must now make a decision between her and his homeland. Filled with striking images, fresh metaphors, and colorful language, this beautiful, reflective novel examines both the spiritual limitations imposed by communism and a life abandoned and started anew.
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Add this copy of Living Parallel to cart. $23.30, new condition, Sold by Chidoc5 Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Highland Park, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by Catbird Press.
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Add this copy of Living Parallel to cart. $35.00, very good condition, Sold by ZENO'S rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Catbird Press.
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Good jacket. North Haven. 2001. Catbird Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0945774516. Translated from the Czech by Robert Wechsler. Foreword by Ivan Klima. 239 pages. hardcover. keywords: Europe Czech Literature Translated World Literature. DESCRIPTION-Alexandr Kliment's LIVING PARALLEL is a novel about a man caught in an unusual love triangle. Mikulas loves Olga, an artist he fell in love with twenty years ago, when she was married, and who, now a widow, is in love with him as well. And he loves the Czech countryside, where in his heart he has sought refuge from the tedium of his worklife and from the shame of his accommodation to the communist system. Olga is moving to Paris, and Mikulas must choose between his two loves. Until now, Mikulas, an architect permitted to design only high-rise developments, has been able to lead a parallel life, turning his anger into indifference and seeking satisfaction in nature, aesthetic experiences, unrequited love, and ideals about architecture. He has lived in what he considers an oasis of the soul. But to get to this oasis, he has capitulated so often and so deeply, it is nearly impossible for him to make such an important decision. LIVING PARALLEL is a contemplative novel about conflicts of conscience, in the spiritual more than the political sense, a melancholic reflection on how to live so that one's life has meaning. And most of all, Living Parallel is a work of beauty. It is filled with striking images, fresh metaphors, and colorful language. It is meant to read aloud. This novel's artistry makes it worth reading long after the political situation has improved. inventory #31930.
Add this copy of Living Parallel to cart. $45.14, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by Catbird Press.
