Prague in Black and Gold. Scenes from the Life of a European City

German Quarterly;  January 1, 1999 ;     643 words ...Demetz, Peter. Prague in Black and Gold...Life of a European City. New York: Hill and...good and evil. But Prague at a European crossroad, a city that harbored Czechs...continuous history of Prague. One chapter deals with the city's origins, myth and...with the Premyslid Prague; ...

PRAGUE: A City for All Centuries.(Brief Article)

Europe;  April 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......the best time to arrive in Prague, when the city is wearing its evening jewelry...of a steep flight of stairs Prague grew into a city where every style of architecture...culture ministers assigned Prague, the city chose to concentrate on three...

Travel: In a pickle over Prague Mark Rowe feared the city he loved as a...

The Independent - London;  March 14, 1999 ;     700+ words ......since I was last in Prague, people had been...warning me that the city had altered for the...my own taste buds: Prague had not changed...had sprung up, a city that could still...mouthwatering quality. Praguers hit by savage price-ris...disagree, but the city is as charming as...

Czech out this Bohemian trip; Historic and majestic it may be but, as...

The Birmingham Post (England);  August 16, 2000 ;     700+ words ...It is called the city of 100 spires, but Prague has more than 600. They...day trip an easy option. Prague is now the seventh most-visited city in Europe, enjoying an...his 38th symphony to the city and visited Prague several times, as did...

Travel: Stag night city; MIRANDA NORRIS FINDS PRAGUE IS WORTH THE...

The Mirror (London, England);  May 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Westerners first hit the city and any traces of...vanished. In fact, Prague is taking over from...probably be the famous Prague Castle high on a...This is home to the city's cathedral and the...evident all over the city in which he lived. Prague is a mere hour and...and is a booming ...

Czech Into Prague's Possibilities: City is a truly walkable treasure

Jewish Exponent;  September 10, 1998 ;     700+ words ......09-10-1998 Czech Into Prague's Possibilities: City is a truly walkable treasure...Exponent The Czechoslovakian city of Prague is nestled along the banks...part in closing shop in Prague, and only in recent years has the city been recognized as the...

City Life: PRAGUE - A busy Hollywood set that doubles as the Czech...

The Independent - London;  January 29, 2001 ;     525 words ......film-set cities is Prague. For historical...sinister, Gotham City setting, there...there is more to Prague than just a pretty face: the city hangs heavy with...had relocated to Prague. We found the British...having dinner in the city's Pravda restaurant...

Reading prague: narrative domains of the image of the city in fiction.

Style;  September 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......century presents the city as a physical embodiment...history. The name Prague, being grammatically...coherent verbal map of Prague that calls for mimetic...topography of the city. However, the amount...of a German map of Prague of the early twentieth...just to identify the city as ...

Prague a city for romance, beer or a party

South Wales Evening Post;  June 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ......a groom-to-be's "freedom" in Prague. But the city offers so much more than the...from the splendour of the older city. Prague Castle dominates the skyline...getaways, you cannot go wrong in Prague. For a city small enough to be manageable...

Prague Pictures: Portraits of a City.(Book Review)

Reviewer's Bookwatch;  November 1, 2004 ;     476 words ...Prague Pictures: Portraits of a City John Banville Bloomsbury...1582343829 $16.95, 244 pp. Prague Pictures is, to use...cities via the lens of Prague. John Banville, in...language, explores a city that is identical...reveal a side of the city, but none of them...There are as many ...

Prague in Black and Gold: The History of a City.

The Economist (US);  December 13, 1997 ;     662 words ...PRAGUE IN BLACK AND GOLD: THE HISTORY OF A CITY. By Peter Demetz...45 and K29.95 ISN'T Prague just magic? Visitors...have swarmed over the city since the Velvet Revolution...iconoclastic new study of the city, finds it all rather infuriating. Prague was never an especially...magical or ...

It's mental in here `Kafka was Prague and Prague was Kafka,' wrote a...

The Independent - London;  March 10, 2001 ;     700+ words ...There's something surreal about Prague, city of alchemists and magicians...should come as no surprise that Prague was Franz Kafka's city. It gives haunting physical...love-hate relationship with his home city. "Prague never lets go of you... this...

BEHIND THE RISING CURTAIN; EASTERN EUROPE; Prague: In the Midst Of Change,...

The Washington Post;  April 15, 1990 ;     700+ words ......bleakness might linger in Prague. Instead, the city seemed in a positively...profusion decorate the city's delightful pastel-colored facades, giving Prague the look of a confectioner...historic sights makes Prague a very easy city to tour by foot. Especially...

Prague Stories Justin Huggler has a Kafkaesque experience with a taxi...

The Independent - London;  February 24, 2002 ;     690 words ......famous writer - and Prague is a city of streets and...was from one of Prague's lost peoples...in the streets. Prague was a nursery...contemporary in the city of the great Czech...them "traitors". Prague, once the cosmopolitan city of three peoples...

The city of Prague must compensate Briton injured by falling Christmas...

AP Worldstream;  May 11, 2006 ;     185 words ......05-11-2006 Dateline: PRAGUE, Czech Republic...Thursday ordered the city of Prague to pay compensation...February 2005, the city of Prague paid Tuffin euro14...accident. Neither the city nor the agency has...plan to appeal the Prague district court's...