Een doodgewoon leven
By Karel Capek
1934
First Published
3.92
Average Rating
188
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At the end of a quiet and industrious life a station master decides to write his autobiography. At first all goes well and the story is smooth and delightful. But the author would not be Karel Capek if he left it at that. In the middle of his work the honest station master discovers to his horror that his apparently respectable and conventional life contains treacherous undercurrents. As a result of this the autobiography threatens to blow up in a Freudian cataclysm. The author's sanity and humanity, however, manage to tame the demons and spread peace over the troubled waters. The book is the third part of a trilogy of which the first was HORDUBAL and the second METEOR. The unity of these books is purely ideological, and their story is not continuous.
Avg Rating
3.92
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775
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Karel Capek
Author · 41 books
Karel Čapek is one of the the most influential Czech writers of the 20th century. He wrote with intelligence and humour on a wide variety of subjects. His works are known for their interesting and precise descriptions of reality, and Čapek is renowned for his excellent work with the Czech language. His play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) first popularized the word "robot".
