Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light by Ivan Klima - 1995

Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Grove/Atlantic, 1995. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York, New York, USA: Grove Press, 1995. BH6 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear with the endflaps glued to the front and back fixed endpapers plus there are the usual library stamps and a label on the top outside paper edges, the front free endpaper, and the title page. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear with a library label on the back plus the front and back endflaps are glued to the fixed endpapers plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. Translated from the Czech by Paul Wilson. A novel set in Prague just before, during, and after the Velvet Revolution in 1989. The main character is a middle-aged television camerman who works ueasily within the boundaries set by the communist regime and who dreams of one day making a film that is a searing portrait of his times. After the fall of communism he finds that he is unprepared for this new world and ends up pursuing lucrative small jobs such as TV spots, commercials, and a port film. By the… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grove Press, 1995. Not so pretty library withdrawal in the plastic, protective covers. Some shelf wear and scuff to the plastic covers. The last blank cover page has been ripped by the library leaving a jagged edge. Stamped on the inside cover pages and at the page edge, this book remains useful. Economically priced for your needs.. Hard Cover. Good.

Grove Pr, 1995-04. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Grove Pr. Used - Like New. Like New condition. Like New dust jacket. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.

N.Y.: Grove Press. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket. 1994. First US Edition. Hard Cover. 0802115748 234 page novel from Czechoslovakia from the dissident writer Ivan Klima, translated from the original by Paul Wilson. .

New York. 1995. April 1995. Grove Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjackete. 0802115748. 235 pages. hardcover. Jacket photograph by Bjorn Keller. keywords: Literature Eastern Europe Czech Translated. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Ivan Klima was in the United States when Russian tanks entered Prague in 1968 but, against the advice of friends, he returned home. He became a dissident, writing books (never published) that were invariably inspired by Czechoslovakia's repressive regime. But what happens to a rebel artist when there is nothing left to rebel against? This question informs Klima's powerful novel, WAITING FOR THE DARK, WAITING FOR THE LIGHT, which describes life before, during, and after the Velvet Revolution of 1989. It is the story of Pavel, a middle-aged television cameraman working uneasily within the boundaries set by the regime, who dreams of one day making a film - a searing portrait of his times - that the authorities will never allow. But after the collapse of… Read More

New York: Grove Press, 1995. Uncorrected Advance Proof. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Translated from Czech by Paul WIlson. The author was one of Czechoslovakia’s most prolific and influential writers of samizdat, surviving the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp and the Communist Party dictatorship. A clean unmarked copy of the Uncorrected Advance Proof.