Summer of Caprice

Name: Summer of Caprice
Author: Vladislav Vancura

by Vladislav Vancura

Stories exploring passion, jealousy, and beauty in early Czech prose

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Vladislav Vancura

Czech novelist and filmmaker who was one of the most important avant-garde writers of interwar Czechoslovakia. His baroque, richly stylized prose influenced generations of subsequent Czech writers.

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