Prague, capital of the twentieth century
Subtitle: a surrealist history
By: Derek Sayer
Publisher: Princeton Univeristy Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 595
ISBN-13: 9780691043807
Subjects: Surrealism; Civilization
Description: Setting out to recover the roots of modernity in the boulevards, interiors, and arcades of the "city of light," Walter Benjamin dubbed Paris "the capital of the nineteenth century." In this eagerly anticipated sequel to his acclaimed Coasts of Bohemia: A Czech History, Derek Sayer argues that Prague could well be seen as the capital of the much darker twentieth century. Ranging across twentieth-century Prague's astonishingly vibrant and always surprising human landscape, this richly illustrated cultural history describes how the city has experienced (and suffered) more ways of being modern than perhaps any other metropolis.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.