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TRANSLATIONS FROM CZECH

Karel ČapekHana HindrákováJan NerudaKarel Poláček

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Karel Čapek

The Blue ChrysanthemumThe Fortune TellerIncontrovertibleThe Lost LetterPC Mejzlík’s DilemmaReading Writing Right

 

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Jan Neruda

Midnight Mass

 

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Karel Poláček

Two Frankfurters and a Detective

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My translation of Děti Nikoho (Nobody’s Children), a novel by Hana Hindráková about street children in Kenya.

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