Julie and the Miracle

Ivan Olbracht

1937

People like to get something for their money, doing business is entertainment as well, and indeed there would be precious little fun to be got out of life in Polana if it were not so. It is equally entertaining for the seller, too; doing business without the entertainment may be a way of making money, but it just isn’t business.

And so, in the…

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Ivan Olbracht

1882–1952

The Czech novelist, journalist, and screen writer Ivan Olbracht was the son of a Catholic writer and a mother who converted out of Judaism. Olbracht studied law in Berlin and Prague but became a journalist and fiction writer. He was active in the Communist Party and was highly critical of his government’s policies. His expulsion from the party led him to live in rural areas, and his works delve into psychological analyses of persons living in the countryside.

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