عنوان

Apocryphal tales :

(Number (ISBN

0945774346

(Number (ISBN

9780945774341

Number

b720118

Title Proper

Apocryphal tales :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

with a selection of fables and would-be tales /

First Statement of Responsibility

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

Edition Statement

1st ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[Chicago, Ill.] :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Distributed by Independent Publishers Group,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©1997.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

188 pages ;

Dimensions

22 cm

Text of Note

"A Garrigue book."

Text of Note

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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Text of Note

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.

General Material Designation

Kniha apokryfů.

Language (when part of a heading)

English

Short stories, Czech, Translations into English.

Short stories, Czech.

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Čapek, Karel,1890-1938.

Comrada, Norma.

Date of Transaction

20201208115659.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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