Josef Skvorecky

Praise for The Cowards

Anyone who wants to know how it felt to be young, idealistic and innocent at the end of the war should read The Cowards

The Times Literary Supplement

Sceptical, humourous, liberal and humane.

London Review of Books

[The series] sheds remarkable light on the literature, culture and politics of the region...anyone coming fresh to the field will be captivated by the richness, variety, humour and pathos of a classic literature tha ...

CJ Schüler, Independent on Sunday

Anyone who wants to know how it felt to be young, idealistic and innocent at the end of the war should read The Cowards

The Times Literary Supplement

Sceptical, humourous, liberal and humane.

London Review of Books

[The series] sheds remarkable light on the literature, culture and politics of the region...anyone coming fresh to the field will be captivated by the richness, variety, humour and pathos of a classic literature tha ...

CJ Schüler, Independent on Sunday

Anyone who wants to know how it felt to be young, idealistic and innocent at the end of the war should read The Cowards

The Times Literary Supplement

Sceptical, humourous, liberal and humane.

London Review of Books

[The series] sheds remarkable light on the literature, culture and politics of the region...anyone coming fresh to the field will be captivated by the richness, variety, humour and pathos of a classic literature tha ...

CJ Schüler, Independent on Sunday