Stories of Love. Czech Novels

«Stories of Love. Czech Novels» — about love for the Czech Republic and love in the Czech Republic. Prague prose writer Andrey Shary leads us through the traces and biographies of vivid personalities connected by fate to this country. Franz... Kafka, Marina Tsvetaeva, Franz Ferdinand d'Est, Giacomo Casanova, Julius Fučík, Karel Čapek, Charles of Luxembourg — here they planned great achievements, engaged in high politics, and composed immortal poems and novels. Here their strong emotions — thirst for power and glory, political fanaticism, creative impulses — intertwined with passion and romantic torments. They all dreamed of happiness, sought love... But not everyone was able to find it.
 
The book — a journey into the past and present of the Czech Republic combines a travelogue and biographical essays, written with deep knowledge of the facts and subtle irony. A book for anyone who loves: the Czech Republic, history... and simply loves.