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Vladislav Vancura's Summer of Caprice is commonly considered untranslatable. The playful style of the narrative, the level of language mastering and also the development of the metatextual context of the last 80 years together form this unmistakable classic of Czech literature. Looking from this perspective our English edition is an experiment, thanks to the translation by Mark Corner on one side which inevitably - as every other translation - is an interpretation, and the original illustrations by Jiri Grus and the typography by Zdenek Ziegler on the other side. However, it is an experiment aiming to present an understanding of Czech spirit, humour and way of life.
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Rozmarné léto.: Humoristický románek.
1971, Čs. spis., t. Svoboda a SG Červený Kostelec
in Czech
- 5. vyd. (v Čs. spis. 3. vyd.)
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„Tento způsob léta,“ děl vposled, odvraceje se od přístroje Celsiova, „zdá se mi poněkud nešťastným.
Je chladno a můj dech, jakkoliv jsem nepozřel vody, je mrazivý. Který měsíc nám zbývá, jestliže ani červen není dost vhodný, abychom pečovali o zdraví a o tělesnou čistotu?
Nuže, ať je podnebí příznivé čili nic, tyto věci nesnesou odkladu.“
Řka to ujal se mistr řemene, svlékl svůj šat a dívaje se dolů do vody, jež zrcadlila jeho dlouhé zarostlé nohy, roubení bazénu a nebeskou báň, znamenal obraz obrácené nádoby, kterou kdosi neuměle postavil právě na okraj, a dodal:
„Ach, plovárna a tato číška jsou prázdny.“
It introduces one of the main characters and features one of the most memorable sentences from the book.
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