Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sun, 23 Aug 2026 05:23:34 +0200https://english.radio.cz/zdenek-jirotka-czech-pgwodehouse-now-available-a-first-english-translation-8082447© 2026 Radio Prague International"The sky over the western horizon was a riot of colour. Small clouds, edged with burnished gold, drifted into the bright beyond. The scene in all its splendour, put me in mind of an explosive display of coloured fountains, or the outpouring of some demented painter, who had flooded the canvas with golden oranges, swimming in their own blood-red juice. It was as if a rainbow was glowing inside an open furnace. But most of all, it was like the sun setting in the mountains, and beautiful to behold..." A wonderfully lyrical passage from one of the classics of 20th century Czech writing, Zdenek Jirotka's humorous novel, Saturnin. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/4f5197446b1f6808606b2a0aab5e5a67.png?timestamp=1583150525 https://english.radio.cz/zdenek-jirotka-czech-pgwodehouse-now-available-a-first-english-translation-8082447 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9