The Good Soldier Švejk is one of the most famous and popular characters not only in Czech but also in world literature. This is evidenced by the fact that, along with numerous editions at home and abroad, the work has become a classic in the true sense of the word, which is constantly read and quoted. Perhaps we could also talk about a part of our national character, whether in a good or...

A book full of fantasy, wonderful ideas and unique humor! A quirky nine-year-old girl, Pippi, with an unusual behavior, name and appearance, experiences many cheerful adventures with her friends. One day she even sets off by boat to visit her father, who is the black king on a distant island...

This unique book contains colorful stories, poems, nursery rhymes, fables, riddles and an alphabet for beginning readers. There are also tips and examples on how to write letters. A colorful first reading, which is a popular reading in schools.

The adventures with Mole and his friends, a mouse, a frog, a hedgehog and a bunny, never end. In the middle of nature, they experience their small and big joys and worries so close to small children – they frolic by the water, play in the forest, do sports, paint, and most importantly, they invent pranks. Thirteen humorously illustrated stories are complemented by charming verses by Jirí Žácek.

The book The Story of a Dog and a Cat is a classic work of children's literature. It was first published in 1929 and has delighted many children and their parents since then. The dog and the cat live together in a little house and run their small household and want to do everything like grown-ups, they wash the dirty floor, bake a cake, go for a walk on Sundays, write letters to children or put...

From the royal trip to the Netherlands, Marie III. Kostková will bring back not only experiences and a photo with Her Majesty Queen Beatrix, but also a love affair, which will only be ‘silvered’ at the very end of the new sequel; Helenka Vondrácková will also appear at the castle, among others. However, there will be more love affairs on Kostka, and most of them will be recorded by a film...

An unexpectedly chilling novel from the author of the bestsellers Hana, Tiché roky, Listopád. They call her Cácora and it seems that she was born by accident and as if on purpose. Her father disappeared somewhere during the floods, her mother runs away from responsibility to lovers and alcohol - and the little girl is left hanging on the neck of her unfriendly grandmother, who manages the...

A worker at a waste paper collection center, Hanta, has worked at a printing press for thirty-five years. He rescues rare books from piles of paper, reads them, and is thus 'educated against his will.' The novella Too Noisy Solitude is Hanta’s inner monologue with many recurring motifs. The reader gets to know Hanta’s first love, Mancinka, and the gypsy Ilonka, who disappeared in a...

The theme of Hrabal's famous prose is the life of Jan Dítet, a waiter, later a hotelier and finally a traveler during a time of political upheaval. It is a book about Czechness, the greatness and ugliness within us, which was made into a film by Jirí Menzel in 2006.

Yuli Gugolev is a translator and a winner of the Moskovskiy Schyot Prize and the Poetry Prize who has one of the most recognizable poetic voices in Russia now. ‘Orc Fields’ includes poems written after February 2022.

After the revolution and Civil War, the large Burliuk family became divided—some members left Soviet Russia forever, while others remained in their homeland. The same happened with the family and wide circle of friends of Sonia Delaunay. Despite the seemingly closed borders, correspondence between the two families continued for years. The main theme of these endless letters was the debate...

What has happened to Russia in the last thirty years since the collapse of the Soviet Union? How have events in the country developed? What factors have led to Russia becoming what it is today? What might Russia expect in the future? Often, an outside perspective allows for the consideration of different aspects, opens the possibility for a more multifaceted analysis, and helps to clarify...