Traveller's Literary Companion: Eastern & Central Europe

About this book

The Travellers Literary Companion brings the countries of Eastern and Central Europe to you in the words of novelists poets and travel writers including Milan Kundera Joseph Conrad Vaclav Havel Franz Kafka and many others. An accessible and informative introduction to each country which gives you an excellent overview of its geography culture and politics is followed by literary extracts biographical notes concise summaries and reviews and reading lists. Selections from famous and less well known writers from each of the 21 countries covered are presented.