num_pages: 416
description: Capek's best plays, stories, and columns take us from the social contributions of clumsy people to dramatic meditations on mortality and commitment. The Reader includes a new and, at last, complete English translation of R.U.R. , the play that introduced the literary robot.
language: English
title: Toward the Radical Center: A Karel Capek Reader
titlecomplete: Toward the Radical Center: A Karel Capek Reader
genres: Short Stories, Essays, Theatre, Science Fiction, Plays, Literature, Collections, Fiction, Czech Literature, Journalism
ratings_count: 88
publisher: Catbird Press