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Fading Czech velvet
Schapiro, Mark | May 17, 1999 issue

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In this article the author focuses on the works of Ivan Klima, one of the Czech Republic's most internationally respected writers. After an initial efflorescence in the nation's cultural life, the downward trajectory in popular appeal of Klima and other former dissident writers has been dramatic as the literary marketplace adjusts to the vagaries of public taste. There was a powerful cultural dimension to the Velvet Revolution that made it the toast of intellectuals, bohemians and romantics around the world. Immediately after the revolution, Klima's books, unearthed after twenty years in the underground, were a sensation.

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BOOKS; AUTHORS; KLIMA, Ivan; CULTURE; REVOLUTIONS; SOCIAL movements
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