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My Merry Mornings

by Ivan Klima, George Theiner · 1979

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Seven witty stories, one for each day of the week, give a vivid picture of Prague before the Velvet Revolution.

Translated by George Theiner.

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Contents:

Monday Morning: A Black Market Tale

Tuesday Morning: A Sentimental Story

Wednesday Morning: A Christmas Conspiracy Tale

Thursday Morning: An Erotic Tale

Friday Morning: An Orderly's Tale

Saturday Morning: A Thief's Tale

Sunday Morning: A Foolish Tale

Setting
1970s1970sMore like thisLess of thisPraguePragueMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
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short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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