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Apocryphal tales :

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Apocryphal tales :

[Book]

with a selection of fables and would-be tales /

by Karel Čapek ; translated from the Czech and with an introduction by Norma Comrada.

1st ed.

[Chicago, Ill.] :

Distributed by Independent Publishers Group,

©1997.

188 pages ;

22 cm

"A Garrigue book."

Apocryphal Tales: The punishment of Prometheus -- Times are'nt what they used to be -- Just like old times -- Thersites -- Agathon, or concerning wisdom -- Alexander the great -- The death of Archimedes -- The Roman legions -- The ten righteous -- Pseudo-lot, or concerning patriotism -- Holy night -- Martha and Mary -- Lazarus -- The five loaves -- Benchanan -- The crucifixion -- Pilate's evening -- Pilate's creed -- The emperor diocletian -- Attila -- Iconoclasm -- Brother Francis -- Ophir -- Goneril, daughter of Lear -- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark -- Don Juan's confession -- Romeo and Juliet -- Master Hynek Rab of Kufstejn -- Napoleon -- Fables -- Would-Be Tales: The libertine -- The lawsuit -- The first guest -- Tonda -- The man who knew how to fly -- The anonymous letter -- Ten centavos.

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An anthology of stories presenting famous events from the point of view of the man in the street. In one story, a baker describes Jesus' miracle of loaves and fish, in another, townspeople argue who is to blame for the invasion of the Huns. Thirty stories in all.

Kniha apokryfů.

English

Short stories, Czech, Translations into English.

Short stories, Czech.

Čapek, Karel,1890-1938.

Comrada, Norma.

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