Bøger af Jaroslav Kalfar

'An incredible experience... I can honestly say I loved every page. Every sentence. Spaceman of Bohemia is unforgettable: a work of breathtaking scope and heart, and a reflection of humanity that's raw and strange and profound and true.' Lisa McInerney, Baileys-Prize-winning author of The Glorious Heresies Set in the near-distant future, Spaceman follows a Czech astronaut as he launches into space to investigate a mysterious dust cloud covering Venus, a suicide mission sponsored by a proud nation. Suddenly a world celebrity, Jakub's marriage starts to fail as the weeks go by, and his sanity comes into question. After his mission is derailed he must make a violent decision that will force him to come to terms with his family's dark political past.An extraordinary vision of the endless human capacity to persist-and risk everything-in the name of love and home, by a startlingly talented young debut novelist.

One of Europe's most beautiful cities is celebrated through the talents of artist Tom Mairs The city of Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, is a historic city with cobblestone streets lined with buildings that tell the story of past centuries, offering an architecture that blends Gothic, Baroque, and Renaissance styles. Prague is an open-air museum, where each building tells a story and each street reveals an architectural treasure, offering its visitors a journey through history and showcasing the timeless beauty of this city with its thousand towers, thousand spires, and colorful buildings.

An audacious novel set in near-future America, from the critically-acclaimed author of SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA.

Bland Bradbury og Lem med Saint-Exupéry og måske lidt Kafka, så har man denne snakkesalige og tiltalende debutroman af den tjekkiske immigrantforfatter Kalfar, skriver det amerikanske Kirkud Rewiew om romanen Rummand fra Tjekkiet.Rummand fra Tjekkiet er en bog bygget på udspekuleret og bevidst afvigende humor, som blander subtile sider af den tjekkiske historie, den kolde krig og nutidens vaklende demokrati.Romanen med originaltitlen Spaceman of Bohemia udkom i USA i 2017, og har fået rosende anmeldelser i den internationale presse. I november 2019 blev det desuden offentliggjort, at romanen skal filmatiseres af manden bag Tjernobyl-serien, Johan Renck.