Fire on Water: Porgess and the Abyss

by Arnošt Lustig

Book Overview

Contemplations of survival by one of the leading Czech writers of the twentieth century

It occurred to me why I was able to forgive the Italians, but never the Germans. Was it because the Italians never slept on mattresses stuffed with the hair of Luster Leibling or Weltfeind Flusser?

In this pair of short novels, Arnost Lustig continues his lifelong project of creating a universe-at once concrete and dreamlike-to examine the horrors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810122200
• ISBN13: 9780810122208
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.5"