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The Questionnaire, Or, Prayer for a Town and a Friend
The Questionnaire Or Prayer for a Town and a Friend Author:Jiri Grusa, Peter Kussi (Translator) Jan Chrysostom Kepka, the narrator of Jiri Grusa's internationally acclaimed novel, applies for a job and is asked to fill out a standard employment questionnaire. He takes the command "DO NOT CROSS OUT!" as an order not to omit anything and he embarks on a wildly imaginative search for his origins, the real nature of his life, his... more » relatives, friends, loves, and fellow citizens. The novel was the winner of the 1979 Egon Hostovsky Prize for best piece of Czech fiction published abroad.« less