Time's Magpie: A Walk in Prague (Abridged)

by Myla Goldberg Narrated by Myla Goldberg

Overview

From the critically acclaimed bestselling author of Bee Season comes a travelogue through the magical and historic city of Prague - a city of vast beauty and wonderfully intimate detail. In Time's Magpie, Myla Goldberg uses her eye for the wonder of tiny objects and everyday things to put us in touch with the essence of this haunting and fantastical place. Goldberg takes us through the city's historic streets, some eerily transformed by the devastating flood of 2002; to Lunapark, home to bumper cars, go-carts, and a discomfiting array of Technicolor confections; and through Strahov Monastery, where the cabinets of curiosity display everything from butterfly specimens to a supposedly real jabberwocky. We attend an anti-war protest in Old Town square and watch the skateboarders do tricks on a ramped marble pedestal that once held a statue of Lenin.

Editorial Reviews

APR/MAY 05 - AudioFile

Myla Goldberg makes a charming guide in this travelogue. Goldberg lived in Prague in 1993 and returned a decade later to see how the city had changed as it shed its Communist past. There are the usual descriptions of Prague’s architecture and history, but the observations always sound fresh. Goldberg has a sensitive eye and a quirky wit that make more memorable descriptions of the city’s aging subway system, its Museum of Communism (run by an American and located next to a McDonald’s), and its cartoonish police officers, who shamelessly milk foreigners for on-the-spot jaywalking fines. This is smart, wholly unpretentious writing, perfectly mirrored by Goldberg’s own youthful voice. D.B. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940171903114
Publisher:	Penguin Random House
Publication date:	11/16/2004
Edition description:	Abridged

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