Judge on Trial
Klima, Ivan
ISBN 10: 0394589777 ISBN 13: 9780394589770
Published by Alfred A.Knopf, New York:, 1993
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light-gray cloth w/ cream paper boards; gilt lettering on front & spine; fore edge untrimmed; 549 pgs; photo-illus dust jacket w/ $25.00 front flap, author photo by Nancy Crampton on rear. translated from the Czech by A.G.Brain. jacket design by Barbara de Wilde w/ photo by Josef Sudek. Seller Inventory # 2038
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After the Soviet invasion of Prague in 1968, Adam Kindl, a judge with dissident connections, is assigned a difficult case selected to test his loyalty
About the Author: Ivan Klima was born in 1931 in Prague. He was the editor of the journal of the Czech Writer’s Union during the Prague Spring.<br><br><br><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>
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Title: Judge on Trial
Publisher: Alfred A.Knopf, New York:
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: hardcover
Condition: fine copy in fine dust jacket.
Edition: First American Edition.
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hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. New York. 1993. April 1993. Knopf. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket.Remainder Mark On Top Edge. 0394589777. Translated from the Czech by A. G. Brain. 549 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration by Josef Sudek-'Air Mail Memories,for Dr. Brumlik'. keywords: Europe Czech Literature Translated Eastern Europe World Literature. DESCRIPTION - An epic novel set in Prague after the Soviet invasion. In one of the city's working-class districts, a landlady and her granddaughter have been found gassed. Their lodger, a pathetic mess of a man with a record of petty felonies and psychiatric disorders, has been arrested and has confessed to the murders. The death penalty is to be invoked, and Adam Kindl has been designated as the judge who will conduct the proceedings. The authorities, for unfathomable reasons of their own, have allowed Kindl to continue in his post, though in his uninhibited way he is as compromised by the events of 1968 as are his dissident friends. Now, however, when he is given an emotional powerhouse of a case to try, and is flooded with painful memories of his childhood in a concentration camp, Kindl's conscience cannot remain unscathed, and it becomes clear that it is his own trial that will be taking place, in more ways than one. Early in his career, Kindl had called for repeal of the death penalty. No longer a party member, and fully cognizant that his allegiance to the official party line is increasingly in question, Kindl gradually becomes aware that he himself is being forced into the spotlight, and that the imminent trial is one in which - being as much a defendant as a judge - he will have to submit totally to the will of the party or risk the ruin of his career. As Kindl takes stock of the growing contradictions of his family and love life - evoked here with Klima's characteristic wit and passion - he wonders what chance he has in the face of his steadily increasing inner turmoil. First published underground in Prague in 1978 and then reworked by the author in 1986, JUDGE ON TRIAL is generally regarded as Klima's masterpiece. It is a novel that echoes Kafka and Dostoevsky, but as a portrait of a man and his times it is startlingly original. inventory #31622 Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket.Remainder Mark On Top Edge. Seller Inventory # z31622
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Dustjacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York. 1993. April 1993. Knopf. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0394589777. Translated from the Czech by A. G. Brain. 549 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration by Josef Sudek-'Air Mail Memories,for Dr. Brumlik'. keywords: Europe Czech Literature Translated Eastern Europe World Literature. DESCRIPTION - An epic novel set in Prague after the Soviet invasion. In one of the city's working-class districts, a landlady and her granddaughter have been found gassed. Their lodger, a pathetic mess of a man with a record of petty felonies and psychiatric disorders, has been arrested and has confessed to the murders. The death penalty is to be invoked, and Adam Kindl has been designated as the judge who will conduct the proceedings. The authorities, for unfathomable reasons of their own, have allowed Kindl to continue in his post, though in his uninhibited way he is as compromised by the events of 1968 as are his dissident friends. Now, however, when he is given an emotional powerhouse of a case to try, and is flooded with painful memories of his childhood in a concentration camp, Kindl's conscience cannot remain unscathed, and it becomes clear that it is his own trial that will be taking place, in more ways than one. Early in his career, Kindl had called for repeal of the death penalty. No longer a party member, and fully cognizant that his allegiance to the official party line is increasingly in question, Kindl gradually becomes aware that he himself is being forced into the spotlight, and that the imminent trial is one in which - being as much a defendant as a judge - he will have to submit totally to the will of the party or risk the ruin of his career. As Kindl takes stock of the growing contradictions of his family and love life - evoked here with Klima's characteristic wit and passion - he wonders what chance he has in the face of his steadily increasing inner turmoil. First published underground in Prague in 1978 and then reworked by the author in 1986, JUDGE ON TRIAL is generally regarded as Klima's masterpiece. It is a novel that echoes Kafka and Dostoevsky, but as a portrait of a man and his times it is startlingly original. inventory #18605. Seller Inventory # z18605
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