{"product_id":"unsound-siblings-paperback","title":"Unsound Siblings - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEgon Bondy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMark Corner\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eDavid Vaughan\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new translation of Egon Bondy's classic critique and parody of Communist Czechoslovakia.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bondy's merry utopia, or rather anti-utopia, was written during the bleakest years of \"normalization\" in Communist Czechoslovakia during the 1970s. Once considered a cult novel of the Czech underground, \u003ci\u003eUnsound Siblings\u003c\/i\u003e is not only a celebration of the \"alternative way of life\" of people living deliberately outside of (Communist) state power and a mockery of the contemporary consumerist ideas of the police state, but also a light parody of science fiction, organically incorporating philosophical themes. As much as this work can also be described as \"adventure literature,\" evoking, for example, the scenery of a \"mysterious island,\" its overall message reaches the power of a religious, gospel message that it is, despite all odds, possible to live in this world after all.\u003ci\u003e Unsound Siblings\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in Czech by the exiled 68 Publishers in Toronto and circulated in samizdat copies in Czechoslovakia, later won the Egon Hostovský Prize. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEgon Bondy\u003c\/b\u003e (1930-2007) was a non-conformist writer and philosopher, influential especially in the Prague underground of the 1970s and 1980s. \u003cb\u003eMark Corner\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator, author, and lecturer in religious and European studies who lives and works in Brussels. \u003cb\u003eJiří Grus\u003c\/b\u003e is an acclaimed Czech painter, comics illustrator, and screenwriter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 250\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 18, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48901011800313,"sku":"9788024656274","price":24.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/GU0E6ywyqh9788024656274.webp?v=1787749249","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/unsound-siblings-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}