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Book Information: Cowards, the

Cowards, the (1958) [Novel]
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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.

Original title: Zbabělci
Original languages: Czech

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Genre: Fiction→ General Fiction→ Literary Fiction/classics

Edition #1: The Cowards

The Cowards (1970)

Edition Details:

Language: English

Translated by: Jeanne Němcová

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The Cowards (1995)

Format: Paperback
Place of publication: Toronto
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 9780394280585
Pages: 415

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The Cowards (September 1980)

Format: Paperback
Place of publication: New York
Publisher: Ecco
ISBN: 9780912946757
Dimensions: 5.8 x 8.5 x 1.2 in
Pages: 416

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The Cowards (1972)

Format: Paperback
Place of publication: London
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780140035117
Pages: 415

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The Cowards (1971)

Place of publication: New York
Publisher: Grove Press
Pages: 418

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The Cowards (1970)

Format: Hardcover
Place of publication: London
Publisher: Gollancz
ISBN: 9780575004535
Pages: 416

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