Gubbio. Kniha udavačov

Six stories range from the mid-nineteenth century to the present and across Central Europe, with a glimpse of the Balkans: Bern, Basel, Zurich, Vienna, Košice, Prešov, Novi Sad and Prague. Characters and periods change, but in the background there is always someone who watches, snoops, reports and informs. The stories, carefully grounded in documents, reconstruct key moments involving real figures, among them the Czech writer and police informer Karel Sabina, the Russian anarchist Nechayev and the Russian agent who had him extradited from Switzerland, a member of the Czechoslovak secret police, a Bulgarian spy and provocateur in Nazi service, and a doctor who denounced Jews. Mixing confession with the style of official records, they ask who was a criminal and who told the truth.

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About the book

Form

Short stories

Length

278 pages in the original

Genres

Historical, Politics (assigned by AI)

Set in

Switzerland, Austria, Serbia, Czechia, Slovakia

First published

2009 by Edition Ryba

Author's age

64 when first published

ISBN

9788089250042 (original)