The Engineer of Human Souls

Skvorecky, Josef

ISBN 10: 039450500X / ISBN 13: 9780394505008

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1984

About this Item

Stated First American Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page, 'For Anthony as always, Josef Skvorecky 7 February 02 Venice FL.' $17.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 523404

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Engineer of Human Souls

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York

Publication Date: 1984

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First American Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

As Danny Smiricky, a Czech writer who fled his country in 1968 to find asylum at a university in Toronto, adjusts to life in the New World, his memories of his homeland and his lost youth haunt him

About the Author:

JOSEF SKVORECKY is an award-winning author whose novels include An Inexplicable Story, The Bass Saxophone, The Mournful Demeanor of Lieutenant Boruvka, and The Swell Season. He has also written many short stories and film scripts, and is the winner of the 1980 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. He lives in Toronto with his wife.