Tag Archives: Ivan Klíma

Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light

A powerful, important novel about the struggle between the ideal and the temptations of freedom.

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The Ultimate Intimacy

‘suspense fiction of the highest order, The Ultimate Intimacy belongs on the shelf beside Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair. It is a…

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No Saints or Angels

“A literary gem who is too little appreciated in the West . . . [A] Czech master at the top of his game.” –Scott…

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My Crazy Century

“Klíma has endured as a writer, endured as a human being, writing of the great themes of freedom, honesty, and love and politics, and…

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Lovers for a Day

“Klíma is simply not read widely enough in the U.S. . . . A master of the significant detail–telling only that which is essential.” –Brad Hooper, Booklist…

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