Edinburgh Review 128: Czech
Much of the material in this issue deals with the social and political trauma of the last half-century and its shaping influence on literature and the visual arts. Michal Macků's evocative carbon prints and gellages capture the individual's quandary when seeking self-knowledge and expression in a context of schismatic upheaval.
FICTION
A Visit to the Devil's Tower
Miloš Urban
an extract from Seven Churchestranslated by Robert Russell
Home from Home
Jáchym Topol
an extract from Gargling with Tartranslated by David Short
Ghosts of Point Tortoise
Hana Sklenková
POETRY
Aiko Harman
Marion McCready
John Hartley Williams
Ian Stephen
ARTICLES
Kafka as an International Writer
Ritchie Robertson
Repression's Capital, Europe's Canary
James Hawes
The Trojan Horse
Will Brady
In the Cold Waters of Freedom
Jiří Trávníček
translated by Jonathan Bolton
What is the Czech Republic About?
Jan Čulík
Po-Mo Kills Me
Ewan Morrison
Speaking of You
John Hartley Williams
PHOTOGRAPHS
Carbon prints and gellages
Michal Macků
REVIEWS
Hannah Adcock
Jenni Calder
Rajorshi Chakraborti
Sria Chatterjee
Simon Frith
Alasdair Gillon
Stephen Lackaye
Michael Lister
Iain Macwhirter
Patricia McCaw
Tony McKibbin
Tessa Ransford
Joanne Shattock
Ian Stephen
© Edinburgh Review 2009