Revolution of Sanity

Revolution of Sanity

With the publication of The Cowards, one of the major literary figures of our times is making a belated appearance in English. Josef Škvorecký has given East European readers a perspective of sanity in an insane world and a human perspective in an inhuman one. His books have been alternately banned and published, withdrawn and reprinted not only in Czechoslovakia, but in Poland, Hungary, Yugoslavia, and even Germany. His appearance in English is a literary event, especially if American publishers follow up The Cowards with The Emöke Legend, The Lion Cub, and any of his other works currently oscillating from unprintable manuscripts and out-of-print editions to the index librorum pro...