Working Knowledge

Informationen zum Autor Petr Král! born in Prague in 1941! was a leading member of the Czech surrealist movement! studied cinema and moved to Paris in 1968. A poet! essayist and screenwriter! he has lived in Prague since 2006. His books Working Knowledge (2008) and In Search of the Essence of Place (2012) are also published by Pushkin Press. Klappentext In this collection! Petr Kral has the unerring ability to perceive! to catch the commonplace by surprise! and with unsettling clarity see beyond the everyday to the fabric of life beneath. Whether describing twilight! a toothpick! the ritual of shaving! or the act of going upstairs! his gaze is ingenuous! humble! amazed. Mute objects! fleeting gestures! changeless passions--Kral forces us to look at them anew. Each limpid! graceful essay is a brief voyage of discovery in which lowly objects and everyday actions! so often unobserved! are transfigured. An expedition into the wonders of the nature and paraphernalia that surround us every day Zusammenfassung Whether describing twilight! a toothpick! the ritual of shaving or the act of going upstairs! this work forces us to look at mute objects! fleeting gestures! and changeless anew. Each limpid! graceful essay is a brief voyage of discovery in which lowly objects and everyday actions! so often unobserved! are transfigured.

Product details

• Authors: Petr Kral, Petr Král, Petr Krl, Kral Petr
• Assisted by: Frank Wynne (Translation)
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2008
• EAN: 9781901285734
• ISBN: 978-1-901285-73-4
• No. of pages: 192
• Subject: Fiction > Mixed anthologies