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The Cowards

by Josef Skvorecky
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Girls, jazz, politics, the golden dreams and black comedy of youth—these are the compelling ingredients of The Cowards.
May 1945, a small town in Czechoslovakia.  The Germans are withdrawing.  The Red Army is advancing.  And Danny Smiricky is being forced to grow up fast.  Observing with contempt the antics of the town's citizens playing it safe, he adopts the role first of reluctant conscript, then of dashing partisan.
The Cowards is the story of an uncomplicated, talented youth caught up in momentous historic events who refuses to be bored to death by politics—or to lie down and die without a fight.
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Publisher: Knopf Canada

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  • ISBN: 9780307364142
  • Release date: May 22, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9780307364142
  • File size: 2092 KB
  • Release date: May 22, 2012

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Fiction Literature Historical Fiction

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English

Girls, jazz, politics, the golden dreams and black comedy of youth—these are the compelling ingredients of The Cowards.
May 1945, a small town in Czechoslovakia.  The Germans are withdrawing.  The Red Army is advancing.  And Danny Smiricky is being forced to grow up fast.  Observing with contempt the antics of the town's citizens playing it safe, he adopts the role first of reluctant conscript, then of dashing partisan.
The Cowards is the story of an uncomplicated, talented youth caught up in momentous historic events who refuses to be bored to death by politics—or to lie down and die without a fight.
—
Expand title description text
Fiction Literature Historical Fiction