The Hideout (Pushkin Collection)

Synopsis

When A Czech Engineer Arrives In Paris In 1939, He Cannot Know That Three Years Later He Will Be In Hiding, Confined To The Damp, Dark Cellar Of A French Doctor. Alone With His Memories, He Writes To His 'dearest Hanichka', Confessing Everything: The Hope Of A Love Affair For Which He Travelled To Paris, The Discovery Of The German Warrant For His Arrest, And The Murder He Was Forced To Commit. A Claustrophobic Classic Of Czech Literature, The Hideout Is One Man's Last Love Letter To His Wife. As He Contends With His Failing Eyesight And The Loss Of His Teeth, So Too Must He Grapple With The Guilt Of Leaving His Family And The Dwindling Hope Of Ever Returning Home.-- Egon Hostovský ; Translated From The Czech By Fern Long. The Hideout Was First Published In The Us In 1945--title Page Verso Translation From The Czech Of: Úkryt.