The masterful short stories of Jan Zábrana

Jan Šulc, Aleš Palán and Marie Zábranová.

Michal Švarc will read from the author’s works at an evening to mark the publication of Short Stories (Torst, 2012), a book by the poet and translator Jan Zábrana.

The collection contains both previously published pieces and others that were hitherto unknown. The protagonists are mainly young people working at the start of the 1950s in labouring jobs or living on the edge of society. Key is the language, of which Jan Zábrana was a consummate master.