Jaroslav Kalfar Journalist Profile

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Read Your Way Through Prague

Jul 10, 2024 | nytimes.com | Jaroslav Kalfar

Few could doubt the literary bona fides of the Czech Republic, a country that elected a dissident playwright, Vaclav Havel, as its first post-Communist president. Literature is at the center of the Czech heart because it created us and liberated us. As Austria-Hungary strove to make us German, writers and poets worked to create and preserve the idea of Czech language and national identity.
Les Aléas de l’immortalité, roman de Jaroslav Kalfar : 0 avis

Jun 10, 2024 | bibliosurf.com | Jaroslav Kalfar

Adéla, atteinte d’une maladie incurable, quitte sa République tchèque natale pour renouer avec sa fille, Tereza, adoptée par un couple d’Américains à sa naissance. Arrivée à New York, Adéla découvre une ville et une société transformées. Depuisdes élections catastrophiques en 2024, le pays vit sous le régime totalitaire du « Gouvernement de la Réappropriation », les frontières sont pratiquement fermées et la surveillance est omniprésente.
What’s streaming March 2024: New on Netflix, Prime Video and more

Mar 4, 2024 | torontosun.com | Jaroslav Kalfar |Shirley Chisholm |Marriska Fernandes

Advertisement 1 Trending Trending Trending Trending Trending A list of the top films and series that should be on your radar this month • Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article contentIf you’re looking for new movies or TV shows, this month there are several highly anticipated titles hitting streaming services to fill the March Break binge.
Everything we know about 'Spaceman'

Feb 15, 2024 | inkl.com | Jaroslav Kalfar

Fans of science fiction have a lot to look forward to in the movie and TV space in 2024, and one of Netflix's upcoming releases might be one of the best space movies we've received in a while if it lives up to its promise. Here's everything we know about "Spaceman" starring Adam Sandler.
Adam Sandler's Newest Movie, Spaceman, Trailer Drops: People Are Confused About It

Dec 21, 2023 | seacoastcurrent.com | Jaroslav Kalfar |Jon Rineman

New Hampshire's finest, Adam Sandler, has a new movie coming out, and it is confusing a LOT of people. The movie trailer just dropped yesterday and it is titled Spaceman. Below is the trailer, which does not give any context as to what the movie is about.
Read the 2023 Gala Literary Hosts

Oct 25, 2023 | wordswithoutborders.org | Julia Cimafiejeva |Wanning Chen |Jaroslav Kalfar |Merve Emre

Read the 2023 Gala Literary Hosts October 2023 Top row, from left to right: Valzhyna Mort, Jeremy Tiang, Jaroslav Kalfar, Maaze Mengiste. Middle row: Merve Emre, Carmen Boullosa, Daniel Hahn, Emily Wilson. Bottom row: Esther Allen, Nathalie Handal, Salar Abdoh, Ilya Kaminsky. Read essays, translations, and poems by some of the literary hosts joining us for the Words Without Borders 20th Anniversary Gala on October 25, 2023.
Jaroslav Kalfar's new novel asks: Do we really want to live forever?

Mar 29, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Jaroslav Kalfar

For much of Jaroslav Kalfar's 2017 debut novel, " Spaceman of Bohemia," the narrator is hurtling toward Venus on a solo mission, unable to connect with loved ones back on Earth and wrestling with his past. In Kalfar's most recent novel, " A Brief History of Living Forever," the narrator, Adéla, is also afloat and alone, helplessly watching the struggles of those she loves and seeking comfort in memories. But Adéla's situation has one crucial difference from the spaceman's: Adéla is dead.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF LIVING FOREVER

Mar 28, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | Jaroslav Kalfar |Max Brooks |Susan Mallery

by Jaroslav Kalfař ‧ Kalfař, who moved to the United States from the Czech Republic when he was 15, incorporates both countries in this dystopian story about a Czech woman whose search for her long-lost daughter in 2029 America quickly becomes a techno-mystery about life beyond physical death. Learning she has a fatal disease, Adéla Slavíková procures a 10-day visa to America to find Tereza, the daughter she gave up for adoption as an infant.