Peter Demetz, Professor Emeritus of German and Comparative Literature at Yale University, was born in Prague.
"Demetz focuses on the dark and disturbing aspects of the city's history, as well as on its golden glories...With great erudition and profound engagement, [he] has made it possible for us to come closer to understanding Prague." --Larry Wolff, The New York Times Book Review "Demetz seems to reveal in the multifariousness of his native ground...[and] gives the flowering of that diversity its full due...A fluid chronicle." --Frederic Morton, Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Demetz focuses on the dark and disturbing aspects of the city's history, as well as on its golden glories...With great erudition and profound engagement, [he] has made it possible for us to come closer to understanding Prague." --Larry Wolff, The New York Times Book Review "Demetz seems to reveal in the multifariousness of his native ground...[and] gives the flowering of that diversity its full due...A fluid chronicle." --Frederic Morton, Los Angeles Times Book Review
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