Literature

Bear books for children are great reading (San Francisco Chronicle)

26 Jul 2008

Bears loom large in children's literature - teddy bears, panda bears and Goldilocks' mild-mannered victims, for example. This season, such cuddly human stand-ins reappear in three utterly charming sequels to recent favorites, all about friends. A deferential...

Literature Stories (Baltimore City Paper)

26 Jul 2008

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Å vejk redesigned by tabloid cartoonist (Radio Prague)

25 Jul 2008

Chances are that you are familiar with the inane, smiling face of the Good Soldier Švejk – one of Czech literature’s most famous characters – immortalized in the sketches of artist Josef Lada. Well, Švejk has been sent back to the drawing board, perhaps somewhat controversially. Jaroslav Hašek’s literary hero has been redesigned by artist Petr Urban, a man famous for his bawdy cartoons often ...