Karel Capek

Війна́ з салама́ндрами — сатиричний науково-фантастичний роман Карела Чапека, написаний чеською мовою у 1935 році, виданий частинами у щоденній газеті Lidove noviny протягом 1935—1936 років. Роман є водночас романом-антиутопією та романом-попередженням. Є одним з найперших чеських постмодерністичних творів. Містить …

Great play, that introduced the word "robot" into English, looks to a future in which all workers are automatons. Their revolt when they acquire souls (i.e., when they gain the ability to hate) and the resulting catastrophe make for a powerful and deeply moving theatrical experience. "It is murderous social satire, …

Karel Capek (1890-1938), one of the greatest Czechoslovakian authors of the century, and who mastered numerous forms of writing, was particularly inventive with the genre of mystery, detective, and crime fiction. In Tales from Two Pockets, however, Capek took the crime story and related forms of the genre to new …

Фа́брика абсолю́ту — фантастичний роман-фейлетон чеського письменника Карела Чапека.

Karel Capek, author of the acclaimed War with the Newts, is one of the great Czechoslovak writers of the twentieth century. These fairy tales bear Capek's combination of the fantastic and the satirical, offering fairies, elves, and talking animals alongside references to detectives, secret police agents, luxury …