Hana demetz, in the house on prague street, details the metamorphosis from assimilated czech to despised halfcaste 101 of a young woman who, as demetz did, sees her family and her way of life. Houses by john hejduk and a poem by david shapiro in prague. Basilica friends apartment budapest, hungary hotels. Again related in clear, restrained, understated prose, this is a more mainstream story of a marriage gone bad and a womans attempt to find a meaningful.
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