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Tag Archives: Prague
Kafka is not buried here
“Frog in Prague” by Stephen Dixon They stand still. “And Kafka?” Howard says. “Kafka is not buried here.” “No? Because I thought—what I mean is the lady at my hotel’s tourist information desk—the Intercontinental over there—and also the one who … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Restaurants, Tourism, Writing
Tagged Franz Kafka, Prague, short fiction
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Train Songs
What would Pachebel’s Canon sound like if played by a series of cacophonous train horns? To find out, watch this video by Pavel Jirásek, who edited short bits from ACETrainsUK’s horn 7m50s compilation of trains in the United Kingdom with other clips of train horns to … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Music, Public Transport, Tourism
Tagged European trains, Johann Pachelbel, Pachebel's Canon, Prague, Trains
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Magic Lantern
These days Prague is another victim of European over-tourism, but 30 years ago it still was a place of history and mystery. I recently saw the marvelous 1993 documentary below that has had me waxing nostalgic for the Prague that … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Books, Europe, Film, History, Libraries, Museums, Theater, Tourism
Tagged Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Franz Kafka, Prague
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Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old
Franz Kafka, born on this day in 1883. “You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged European literature, Franz Kafka, Prague
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Lucifer’s Big Book
The Codex Gigas (or Devil’s Bible) is a large 13th-century manuscript from Bohemia, one of the historical Czech lands. Renowned for its size and its striking full-page rendition of the devil (found on page 577), it contains a number of … Continue reading
everything at heaven’s gate is broken up into its component parts
“A Society of Scoundrels” by Franz Kafka Translated by Michael Hofmann There was once a society of scoundrels, or rather not scoundrels per se, just ordinary, average people. They always stuck together. When one of them had perpetrated some rascally … Continue reading
Mystery of the Big Book
Over the years, the photograph above has appeared on numerous blogs and websites, usually captioned as “man with large book at Prague Castle, 1940s” or “c. 1940s: Man with books.” However, bibliophiles and antiquarians have long questioned the image’s description … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Museums, Photography, Uncategorized
Tagged Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Klementinum, Prague, Praha
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For the sake of a single poem, you must see many cities
Rainer Maria Rilke // “Ah, poems amount to so little when you write them too early in your life. You ought to wait and gather sense and sweetness for a whole lifetime, and a long one if possible, and then, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Writing
Tagged Austria, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Poetry, Poets, Prague, Rainer Maria Rilke
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If you see one coming, you should run
Aa a child I was fascinated by the old European Jewish tales of the Golem. When I visited Prague just after the Velvet Revolution, I had the opportunity to walk the streets of the ancient Ghetto and see the places … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Folklore, Kabbala, Prague
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Travel Between The Pages 