Travelers'
Tales
Prague and the Czech Republic
Edited by David
Farley and Jessie Sholl
"This
little mother has claws," writes Franz Kafka of the
allure of Prague,
his hometown. The same can be said of this collection
of true stories, the latest from the Travelers' Tales series that attempts to paint a portrait of
a country through the experiences of many visitors. The
forty authors—ranging from professional scribes
to a former super-model—write their personal impressions
in sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, sometimes nostalgic
voices about their very intimate relationship with the
city that inspired Mozart’s music. Whether they
picturesquely describe wandering Kafka’s cobblestone
streets in search of the Castle, or learning English in
a Czech brothel, the tales uniquely entertain and inform.
Warning: This is not your father's travel book.
While many feature a Czech pronunciation guide, what other
travel publication offers a chapter titled Prague’s
Vomiting Multitude?
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