Ballad of Descent

Stylistically and thematically different to the more usual Czech underground literature, this is the story of the departure of two young men in search of their own identity. It provides an interpretation of the individual lost in a world of chaos and futility.

About the author

MARTIN VOPĚNKA was born in 1963 and studied nuclear and physical engineering at Prague's Charles University. His first novel, Kameny z hor (Rocks from the Mountains), was published in 1989.

Summary

Stylistically and thematically different to the more usual Czech underground literature, this is the story of the departure of two young men in search of their own identity. It provides an interpretation of the individual lost in a world of chaos and futility.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Vopenka
• Assisted by: Anna Bryson (Translation)
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.07.1995
• EAN: 9780810112537
• ISBN: 978-0-8101-1253-7
• No. of pages: 194
• Dimensions: 121 mm x 203 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 227 g
• Series: Writings from an Unbound Europ; Writings from an Unbound Europe S.; Writings from an Unbound Europe; Writings from an Unbound Europ; Writings from an Unbound Europe
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature