"Love Stories. Czech Novels" is about love for the Czech Republic and love in the Czech Republic. Prague novelist Andrej Shary follows the footsteps and biographies of luminary personalities whose fates are linked to this country. Franz Kafka, Marina Tsvetaeva, Franz Ferdinand d'Este, Giacomo Casanova, Julius Fučík, Karel Čapek, and Charles of Luxembourg—here they plotted great deeds, shaped great politics, and wrote immortal poems and novels. Here, their powerful emotions—the thirst for power and glory, political fanaticism, and creative impulses—were intertwined with passion and romantic torment. They all dreamed of happiness, sought love... But not all found it.
This book, a journey through the past and present of the Czech Republic, combines travelogue and biographical essays, written with a deep knowledge of the facts and subtle irony. A book for everyone who loves: the Czech Republic, history... and simply loves.