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Of Mice and Mooshaber

Of Mice and Mooshaber

Fuks, Ladislav
Corner, Mark

Hardcover

Series: Modern Czech Classics

General Fiction

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ISBN10: 8024622165
ISBN13: 9788024622163
Publisher: Karolinum Pr
Published: Sep 15 2014
Pages: 512
Weight: 1.40
Height: 1.50 Width: 5.60 Depth: 7.20
Language: English
Ladislav Fuks (1923-94) was an outstanding Czech writer whose work, consisting primarily of psychological fiction, explores themes of anxiety and life in totalitarian systems. Fuks is best known for his works of short fiction set during the Holocaust, specifically The Cremator, a story--later made into a film--about a worker in a crematorium, who, under the influence of Nazi propaganda, murders his entire family.

Written before the occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968 but not published until 1970, Of Mice and Mooshaber is Fuks's first novel. The story takes place in an unspecified country in which the ruler has been overthrown and replaced by a dictator. The main protagonist, Mrs. Mooshaber, is an old widow whose husband was a coachman in a brewery. Her life revolves around her job as a caretaker for troublesome children, her own ungrateful children, and her fear of mice, which she tries to catch in traps. Blending elements of the grotesque with the fantastic, Fuks's novel of heartbreaking tragedy speaks to the evil that can be found within the human soul.

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