When Eve Was Naked: Stories of a Life's Journey (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780312421731)

This autobiography in stories, When Eve Was Naked, takes us through a most remarkable life, from the innocence of prewar Prague through the horrors of the Nazi occupation and World War II. In the title story, narrated by Skvorecky's alter-ego Danny Smiricky, seven-year-old Danny falls in love for the first time; at sixteen he hides in a railway station and watches as his Jewish teacher is herded onto a train and taken away; and in 1968, as Russian tanks rolled into Prague, Skvorecky flees Czechoslovakia, taking Danny with him. In the collection's final stories, Danny begins his tenure as Professor Smiricky at a Canadian university and attempts to come to terms with the politically innocent and self-centered youth that flock to his courses

Author: Josef Skvorecky
ISBN-10: 0312421737
ISBN-13: 9780312421731
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2003
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 8.53h x 5.48w x 0.96d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 08/31/2003 pg. 16