Karel ¿Apek: Intimate Things, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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This antiquarian volume contains Karel apek s delightful book - "Intimate Things". It is a series of short articles concerning a variety of unconnected subjects ranging from snow to dreams. This text makes for easy-going and entertaining reading, and would constitute a great addition to any collection. The chapters include: On Literature , Frost Flowers , For Bookworms , Snow , On Dreams , Maps , Fires , Melancholy , A Plan Frustrated , Cats in Spring , Portents , Forerunner of Spring , Birds , The Inner Voice , etcetera. Karel apek (1890 - 1938) was a twentieth century Czech author and playwright, famous for coining the term robot . Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.