Postcards from Absurdistan

Princeton University Press

A sweeping history of a twentieth-century Prague torn between fascism, communism, and democracy\u2014with lessons for a world again threatened by dictatorshipPostcards from Absurdistan is a cultural history of Prague from 1938, when the Nazis destroyed Czechoslovakia\u2019s artistically vibrant liberal democracy, to 1989, when the country\u2019s socialist regime collapsed after more than four decades of communist party rule. Derek Sayer shows that Prague\u2019s twentieth century, far from being a story of inexorable progress toward some \u201Cend of history,\u201D whether fascist, communist, or democratic, was a tragicomedy of recurring nightmares played out in a land Czech dissidents dubbed Absurdistan. Situated in the eye of the storms that shaped the modern world, Prague holds up an unsettling mirror to the\n\nPostcards from Absurdistan \u2013 Prague at the End of History\nPrague at the End of History\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK;