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Czech-born novelist and essayist who diagnosed how communism ruptured the unity of European culture
Celebrated novelist left Communist Czechoslovakia for France in the 1970s
Putin’s war on Ukraine exposes not only a rift between Russia and the west, but also divisions within eastern Europe
Kafka’s dystopian vision has helped to propel the Czech city to world heritage status
There are some tasty morsels to be found in the writer’s latest novel
Revolving around a group of poets and academics in post-communist Poland, the author’s second novel is a tale of infidelity and its discontents
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