A Sensitive Person
A Novel
Jachym Topol author Alex Zucker translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Yale University Press
Published:10th Jan '23
Should be back in stock very soon
Tab, an itinerant Czech actor, is driven back home by growing resentment toward foreigners, only to be falsely accused of a terrible crime and forced to go on the run. This unforgettable novel by the acclaimed writer Jáchym Topol finds sparks of humanity even in the bleakest of places.
Shortlisted for the 2024 EBRD Literature Prize, sponsored by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
“A superb, mesmerizing novel, reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy’s Suttree and Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, set against the background of the permanent Russian threat to Central Europe.”—Misha Glenny, BBC broadcaster and journalist
Praise for the Czech Edition:
“A picaresque romp of black humor and fantasy, the novel teems with extraordinary characters, but it is also urgently contemporary.”—James A. Hopkin, Times Literary Supplement
“As long as Europe inspires such works of art, all is not lost.”—Jorg Plath, Neue Zürcher Zeitung
“Fast-paced and dazzling.”—Dennis Wagner, Kultur.21
ISBN: 9780300247220
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
384 pages