The swell season : a text on the most important things in life / Josef Skvorecky ; translated from the Czech by Paul Wilson.

Author
Škvorecký, Josef, 1924-2012 [Browse]
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Toronto : L. & O. Dennys, ©1982.
Description
226 pages ; 23 cm.

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    Summary note
    Danny Smiricky's normal adolescent preoccupation with girls and his passion for jazz are overshadowed by Nazi terrorism in 1940's Czechoslovakia.
    Notes
    Translation of: Prima sezóna.
    Contents
    • The swell season begins: a winter's tale
    • The swell season picks up: oh, Maytime witch!
    • The swell season falters: Charleston in a cage
    • The swell season reaches a peak: a view from the tower
    • The swell season changes course: a family hotel
    • The swell season comes to an end: sad autumn blues.
    ISBN
    • 088619038X
    • 9780886190385
    LCCN
    82245740
    OCLC
    10018628
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