The only full-length work of fiction prepared for publication during the author's lifetime: explores the paradoxical nature of pure spirituality with dark absurdist humor and comically grostesque, often obscene episodes. Klima is considered to be one of the preeminent Czech philosophers of the 20th century. First book of his to appear in English. Includes his notorious essay My Autobiography. Translated from the Czech by Carleton Bulkin. Six full page color illustrations by Michal Vavrecka. 212 pp. Fine Hardcover w/ Fine dj: collector's copy. Seller Inventory # 1061

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Title: The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch, A ...

Publisher: Twisted Spoon Press

Publication Date: 2000

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Vavrecke, Michal

Condition: New

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition

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Kl�ma's tale reads like a book that Edgar Allan Poe might have
written if he'd read Nietzsche -- Washington City Paper

The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch runs with gale-force
intensity and speed. -- The Education Digest

The non-conformist work of Ladislav Kl�ma has almost always
shocked, has often incited scandal, but has hardly ever left us
indifferent. -- V�clav Havel

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