Prague, Capital of the Twentieth Century: A Surrealist History

by Derek Sayer

Book Overview

Setting out to recover the roots of modernity in the boulevards, interiors, and arcades of the "city of light," Walter Benjamin dubbed Paris "the capital of the nineteenth century." In this eagerly anticipated sequel to his acclaimed Coasts of Bohemia: A Czech History , Derek Sayer argues that Prague could well be seen as the capital of the much darker twentieth century. Ranging across twentieth-century Prague's astonishingly vibrant and always surprising...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691043809
• ISBN13: 9780691043807
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.0" x 9.3"