The thing about Prague... : how I gave it all up for a new life in Europe's most eccentric city
Weiss, Rachael, 1964-2014
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This is the story of a freewheeling Aussie girl who gives up her life in Sydney to return to Prague, her ancestral home, intending to live there for the rest of her life. In fact, she lasted there for three years before visa restrictions and disillusionment caused her to leave the country. Even though she is at times exasperated by the petty bureaucracy and customs of a country that values beer and potatoes above everything else, and even though she is frustrated by her attempts to master a very difficult language (only spoken by 10 million people), her efforts to engage both socially and romantically with the locals are wonderfully funny. Social embarrassment and mortification rub shoulders with the kind of bureaucratic absurdity that inspired Kafka in former times. 'The Thing About Prague 'is a surprising and generous memoir full of warmth and Rachael's unstoppable sociability...
Main title:
Author:
Weiss, Rachael, 1964-, author
Work:
Imprint:
Sydney Allen & Unwin, 2014.©2014
Collation:
377 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781760111021
Dewey class:
914.3712
Language:
English
Subject:
Weiss, Rachael, 1964- -- Homes and haunts -- Czech Republic -- PragueWeiss, Rachael, 1964- -- TravelAustralians -- Czech Republic -- Prague -- BiographyWomen authors, Australian -- BiographyVoyages and travels -- HumourPrague (Czech Republic) -- Social life and customsPrague (Czech Republic) -- Description and travel
Index terms:
Australian
BRN:
278629