The Engineer of Human Souls (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Josef Škvorecký
- First Published: 1977
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The 1970’s
- Setting: Toronto, Canada
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, 1970’s, Authors or writers, World War II, Canada or Canadians, Colleges or universities
- Locales: Canada, Toronto, Canada
Characters Discussed
Daniel Smiricky (SMIH-rzhihts- kee), a forty-eight-year-old Czechoslovakian writer employed as a literature professor at Edenvale College in Toronto. Often preoccupied with memories of his lost youth and lost homeland, Smiricky lives the pains of the exile: grief, social discomfort, linguistic disorientation, and political fear. Self-absorbed and dependent on women but without one, Smiricky struggles to find a professional, social, and political place for himself in Western culture. His journeys through the academic, literary, and émigré communities...
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