When Eve Was Naked: Stories of a Life's Journey

This autobiography in stories, When Eve Was Naked, takes us through a most remarkable life, from the innocence of prewar Prague through the horrors of the Nazi occupation and World War II. In the title story, narrated by Skvorecky's alter-ego Danny Smiricky, seven-year-old Danny falls in love for the first time; at sixteen he hides in a railway station and watches as his Jewish teacher is herded onto a train and taken away; and in 1968, as Russian tanks rolled into Prague, Skvorecky flees Czechoslovakia, taking Danny with him. In the collection's final stories, Danny begins his tenure as Professor Smiricky at a Canadian university and attempts to come to terms with the politically innocent and self-centered youth that flock to his courses.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 07/01/2003
ISBN: 9780312421731
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 8.53h x 5.48w x 0.96d

Review Citations: New York Times 08/31/2003 pg. 16