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  • Rusalka

    A Lyrical Fairy-tale in Three Acts

    by Jaroslav Kvapil ...
    Translated by Patrick John Corness ...
    Series series Modern Czech Classics
    Famous as the libretto for Antonín Dvorák’s opera of the same name, Jaroslav Kvapil’s poem Rusalka is an intriguing work of literature on its own. Directly inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s famous “The Little Mermaid,” Kvapil’s reinterpretation adds an array of nuanced poetic techniques, a more dramatic tempo, and dark undertones that echo the work of eminent Czech folklorist Karel Jaromír ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • The Grand Harmony

    by Bohdan Ihor Antonych ...
    The extraordinarily inventive Ukrainian poet and literary critic Bohdan Ihor Antonych (1909-1937), the son of a Catholic priest, died prematurely at the early age of 28 of pneumonia. Originally from the mountainous Lemko region in Poland, where a variant of Ukrainian is spoken, he was home-schooled for the first eleven years of his life because of frequent illness. He began to write poetry in ... Read more

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  • Głosy / Voices

    A Bilingual Edition

    by Jan Polkowski ...
    Translated by Charles S. Kraszewski ...
    In December 1970, amid a harsh winter and an even harsher economic situation, the ruling communist regime in Poland chose to drastically raise prices on basic foodstuffs. Just before the Christmas holidays, for example, the price of fish, a staple of the traditional Christmas Eve meal, rose nearly 20%. Frustrated citizens took to the streets to protest, demanding the repeal of the price-hikes ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus