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My Golden Trades: Stories by Klíma, Ivan is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is My Golden Trades: Stories about?

My Golden Trades is one of the last artistic expressions of life under Communism. Among the "golden trades" are the unlikely jobs taken up by writers, artists, and intellectuals who refused to cooperate with the Czech government after the Russian invasion of 1968 - including Klima himself, one of the writers who remained behind. Each story is occasioned by one of the tradesarchaeologist, courier, surveyor - that, contrary to the State's expectations, liberate the narrator's imagination. More important, Klima gives us characters who inspire us, lives that are shaped by events beyond their control. With grace and elan, My Golden Trades captures the surreal atmosphere of Prague between 1983 and 1987, where a dance could be broken up by the secret police, where a traffic offense could lead to surveillance and arrest, where contraband books were the currency of the underworld.

Who reads My Golden Trades: Stories?

Author

Klíma, Ivan

Publisher

New York: Scribner ; New York: Maxwell Macmillan International

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780684197272

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Short Stories, Biography

Rating

4 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14