Lovers for a Day

First edition in English. 8vo. 229pp. Black cloth boards lettered in gilt to spine.

Translated from the Czech by Gerald Turner. Drawn from his two previously untranslated collections, these twelve stories span Ivan Klíma's career, from exiled dissident to celebrated author, and form a personal history of Prague that is an examination of our attempts to find freedom in love. "Ivan Klíma's view of love is often witty, sometimes playful, and has a convincing sense of the erotic... [and] the kindness that can endure between a husband and wife long after the passion has fled." –Andrew Miller, New York Times Book Review