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The espionage case that threatened the highest levels of the Canadian government is explored in this suspense story. In 1957 E. Herbert Norman, the Canadian Ambassador to Egypt, threw himself from the top of a Cairo building.
An history that presents a canvas of post-war Czech literary developments within the cultural and political context of the times. It provides information about the many English-language translations from Czech literature, and the circumstances in which these translations came about.
This book brings information on Slavic collections in public, governmental, special, and university libraries up-to-date.
Essays on some of the most prominent Eastern European writers from the twentieth-century from the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. Discusses the contributions of these authors who played a significant role in the growth, development, and preservation of their respective literatures. This rich and diverse literary history of Eastern Europe mirrors the depth and complexity of its social and political history.
1970- issued in 2 vols.: v. 1, General reference, social sciences, history, economics, business; v. 2, Fine arts, humanities, science and engineering.
A book-by-book study of Josef Skvorecky's fiction that investigates the elements of Skvorecky's work, establishing a framework for future critical work. Skvorecky left Czechoslovakia in the wake of the 1968 invasion and settled in Canada. In the course of the next 20 years, he wrote many novels, and gradually developed a reputation as one of Canada's finest novelists. In 1985 he received the Governor General's Award for Fiction.