Czech Literature

Czech literature is the literature written by Czechs or other inhabitants of the Czech state, mostly in the Czech language, although other languages like Old Church Slavonic, Latin or German have been also used, especially in the past. Modern authors from the Czech territory who wrote in other languages (e.g. German) are however sometimes considered separately, thus Franz Kafka, for example, who wrote in German (though he was also fluent in Czech), is often considered part of Austrian or German literature.
Czech literature is divided into several main time periods: the Middle Ages; the Hussite
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Twisted Lies (DI Kim Stone, #14)
Fatal Witness (Detective Erika Foster, #7)
Lethal Vengeance (Detective Erika Foster, #8)
Darkness Falls (Kate Marshall, #3)
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The Little Swiss Ski Chalet (Romantic Escapes, #7)
Döden går på visning
Vona
Les v domě
Výšina
Čas vos
Svědectví o životě v KLDR 2
Mariborská hypnóza
Medúzy
Zlá babička
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Metamorphosis
The Trial
Too Loud a Solitude
The Good Soldier Švejk
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
Closely Watched Trains
War with the Newts
The Joke
I Served the King of England
Immortality
R.U.R.
The Castle
Laughable Loves
Den store Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldFarvel til våpnene by Ernest HemingwayAlla and the Piano – The Russian Tragedy 1912 to 1924 by Morten KvistgaardOg solen går sin gang by Ernest HemingwayKlokkene ringer for deg by Ernest Hemingway
Den Gule Serie
94 books — 3 voters
Hana by Alena MornštajnováPohyby ledu by A. GravensteenŠikmý kostel by Karin LednickáVšechno je jenom dvakrát by Michal PribáňHry bez hranic by Michal Kašpárek
Contemporary Czech Literature
18 books — 6 voters

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaWar with the Newts by Karel ČapekThe Trial by Franz KafkaCoward by Jaroslav BálekCoward by Jaroslav Bálek
Authors Born in Czechia
20 books — 5 voters



Kytka Hilmar-Jezek
We also learned our own history and I was so grateful that such richness comes from our family stories. Now we will forever remember the day that a Russian cellist spoke the heart of Czech people. Rostropovich loved Prague and so he viewed that performance as a personal tragedy.
Kytka Hilmar-Jezek, CELLOGIRLS: Identity and Transformation in 2CELLOS Fan Culture

Ota Pavel
Tatínek byl už tehdy rybářským funkcionářem jako většina bývalých pytláků.
Ota Pavel, Zlatí úhoři

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