Aus Prager Gassen und Nächten

by Egon Erwin Kisch

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194 pages, Paperback

First published August 31, 2010

About the author

Egon Erwin/Ervín Kisch (29 April 1885, Prague – 31 March 1948, Prague), a Prague Jew, was an Austro-Hungarian and Czechoslovak, left-wing writer and journalist, who wrote in German. He styled himself Der Rasende Reporter (The raging reporter) for his countless travels to the far corners of the globe, Kisch was noted for his development of literary reportage and his opposition to Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime.

*Bela Illesz writes: “Egon Erwin Kisch was born in Prague. For the rest of his life, wherever he was, wherever he worked, he remained a Prague citizen. It seems to me that even when asked about his nationality, he always answered in one word: a Prague citizen. Few people in the world knew Prague and its history as well as he did, few people knew all its sights as well as he did, literally every house, every stone, every tree, even every bush. But, remaining a Prague resident in spirit, in character, he felt at home, equally at home in Vienna and Berlin, Paris and Moscow, and in many other capitals of the world.”

Reviews

[Jacobo Carballada · Rating 5 out of 5]

Deliciosa colección de relatos breves de aquella Praga de finales de siglo XIX.
Egon Kisch hace pequeñas narraciones de una ciudad que formaba parte del imperio y dónde lo checo, lo alemán y lo judio confluyen en historias donde existe una tendencia por retratar aquellos ambientes más humildes, incluso marginales.
Se cuela en comedores sociales, hogares para desamparados o lugares que frecuentan "vagos" o delincuentes.
Todo con una fina ironía y un estilo rápido y sencillo que consigue dejar en pocas palabras un retrato completo.

[Angel Mora · Rating 3 out of 5]

Algunas muy buenas historias de Praga de principios del siglo XX, otras no lo fueron tanto. En algunas de estas historias se notan las diferencias de vivir en esa época y ahora, lo cual se me hizo muy interesante y en momentos curioso. En general fue una buena lectura aunque el vocabulario era muy difícil de entender a veces.