West Kirby, UK – One crisp fall evening, I stood outside in the cool autumnal wind, waiting to...
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Searching for Franz Kafka in Prague
PRAGUE – As the hometown of author Franz Kafka, Prague has several places to honor him. Viktorie...
A bookworm finds Prague’s infinite tower of books
PRAGUE – The city of Prague is a good place to go for many reasons, one of them being looking at...
‘A Thousand Splendid Suns,’ a heartbreaking, eye...
Przysietnica, POLAND – Two years have passed since all eyes of the world were on Afghanistan, where...
‘100 Years of Solitude,’ a book worth reading again...
West Linn, Oregon, U.S.A. – Within sun-drenched pages and through a century, a timeless summer of...
American diplomat Madeleine Albright was a Czech hero
Hořovice, CZECHIA – Every nation has its way of patriotism. It doesn’t matter how big the...
Novella upends ‘Little Mermaid’ story
Oakland, California, U.S.A. – Thanks to Disney, the stories of Hans Christian Andersen have...
Czechia had pride in writer Milan Kundera
Hořovice, CZECH REPUBLIC – The work of the incredible novelist Milan Kundera, who died this...