From an internationally acclaimed Czech writer comes a shrewd, humane, and poignant novel, set in Prague before the Velvet Revolution, whose perceptions about love, conscience, and betrayal cut to the bone of life in both totalitarian and democratic societies. "A chilling story from the underground."--The New York Times.
- ISBN10 0394589769
- ISBN13 9780394589763
- Publish Date 23 April 1991 (first published 26 March 1990)
- Publish Status Remaindered
- Out of Print 8 June 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Alfred A. Knopf
- Edition American ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 223
- Language English