ISBN-13: 9780810125469 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 248 str.
Vita Nuova is the second in a trilogy of memoirs written from the perspective
of Bohumil Hrabal s wife, Elis.ka, about their life in Prague
from the 1950s to the 1970s, when Communist repression of artists was
at its peak.
Hrabal s inimitable humor, which in Elis.ka s ruminations ranges
from bawdy slapstick to cutting irony, is all the more penetrating for
being directed at himself. Vita Nuova showcases Hrabal s legendary
bohemian intellectual life, particularly his relationship with Vladimir
Boudnik. Hrabal creates a shrewd, lively portrait of Eastern European
intellectual life in the mid-twentieth century."