The narrator of Love and Garbage has temporarily abandoned his work-in-progress – an essay on Kafka – and exchanged his writer’s pen for the orange vest of a Prague road-sweeper. As he works, he meditates on Czechoslovakia, on Kafka, on life, on art and, obsessively, on his passionate and adulterous love affair with the sculptress Daria. Gradually he admits the impossibility of being at once an honest writer and an honest lover, and with that agonising discovery comes a moment of choice.
About Author:
Ivan Klíma (born 1931 in Prague) is a Czech novelist, playwright, and essayist. A survivor of the Holocaust, he became one of the most prominent dissident writers under communism in Czechoslovakia. His works often explore themes of freedom, oppression, and moral responsibility. Notable books include Love and Garbage and My Golden Trades.
Added Date: 3/10/2025 6:12:49 PM
Last update: 4/10/2025 11:14:49 AM