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Miss Silver's Past (Czech: Lvíče, "Lion Cub") is a 1969 novel by Czech author Josef Škvorecký. Written between 1963 and 1967 (prior to the Prague Spring), it was published after it.
Miss Silver's Past is about a government bureaucrat's obsession with a woman with a mysterious past. He treats women as things, and has finally met his match in a woman who does not fall for his shtick.
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Miss Silver's past. by. Skvorecký, Josef. Publication date. 1985. Publisher. New York : Ecco Press. Collection. inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks; americana.
Jan 1, 1995 · At its heart, "Miss Silver's Past" is much more than a mystery novel, for it rests on the not-too-distant Czech past of Nazi occupation and Communist repression, and the tragedy of the 20th century's conflagration leaves Skvorecky's characters deeply scarred, none more so than Miss Silver herself.
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Then the beautiful, mysterious Lenka Silver arrives. Passions rise--and suddenly there is a murder. There are plenty of suspects, but all that is certain is that the affair is in some way connected...
Karel Leden works in the State publishing house in Prague, where you publish what the Party likes, or risk life and liberty. Then the beautiful, mysterious Lenka Silver arrives. Passions...
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