The Czech Books You Must Read
Jáchym Topol’s The Devil’s Workshop – exploring dark chapters of region’s history
The Czech Books You Must Read
Jáchym Topol’s The Devil’s Workshop – exploring dark chapters of region’s history
Radio Prague Int.
The Devil’s Workshop is a short novel written by the award-winning author Jáchym Topol. It focuses on some of the darkest chapters of Europe’s history. Set partly in the wartime ghetto of Terezín and partly in Belarus, it addresses two crucial questions: How do we live with the horrors of the past and how are we supposed to commemorate them? The book, which came out in 2009 under the Czech title Chladnou zemí, was published in English in 2013 by Portobello Books, in an excellent translation by Alex Zucker.
Ruth Fraňková
