City Sister Silver by Jáchym Topol, Alex Zucker

City Sister Silver

Jáchym Topol, Alex Zucker

512 pages first pub 1994 (view editions)

fiction reflective slow-paced
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Ideal for readers who crave a slow, introspective dive into the emotional aftermath of political upheaval, where fragmented realities, mythic echoes, and dark absurdity mingle to explore how freedom can still leave a generation unmoored.

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Winner of the Egon Hostovský Prize as the best Czech book of the year, this epic novel powerfully captures the sense of dislocation that followed the Czechs’ newfound freedom in 1989. More than just the story of its young protagonist—who is part b...

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