Prague (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Arthur Phillips
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 1990-1991
- Setting: Budapest, Hungary
- Principal Characters: John Price, Scott Price, Emily Oliver, Charles Gabor, Mark Payton, Nicky M., Imre Horváth, Nadjá
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Journalism or journalists, Sex or sexuality, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Europe or Europeans, Exile or expatriates, Identity, Single people, Capitalism, 1990’s, Eastern Europe or eastern Europeans, Morality or morals, Hungary or Hungarians
- Locales: Budapest, Hungary
Prague is the story of five young expatriates living in Budapest in a period of radical change in Eastern Europe after the collapse of communism. For the Americans, Budapest resembles the Paris of the 1920’s, when another generation of young Americans partied in European cafés and nightclubs and life was filled with romantic promise. The local Hungarians, however, are still reeling from the impact of the tragedies of the twentieth century on their personal lives and on their society. The success of this novel is precisely in this exquisite and ironic juxtaposition of callow...
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