Jachym Topol is the son of Josef Topol, renowned playwright, poet, and Shakespeare translator. He played an active role in the 1989 Velvet Revolution, writing and editing Respekt, an independent newsletter. His first collection of poetry, I Love You Madly received the Tom Stoppard Prize for Unofficial Literature. Alex Zucker previous translations include More Than One Life by Miloslava Holubava and A Trip to the Train Station by Jachym Topol.
"A first novel the way The Tin Drum and Midnlght's Children were first novels - a prodlgal astonishment, an emancipation proclamation." - Newsday "...leads to thoughts of Kerouac, Genet, and Dante." - Sergej Machonin"
"A first novel the way The Tin Drum and Midnlght's Children were first novels - a prodlgal astonishment, an emancipation proclamation." - Newsday "...leads to thoughts of Kerouac, Genet, and Dante." - Sergej Machonin"
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