Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:57:40 +0200Jiří Pehe and a novel that pits angels against the isms of our agehttps://english.radio.cz/jiri-pehe-and-a-novel-pits-angels-against-isms-our-age-8266244© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalIvan Klíma described the 2009 novel Three Faces of an Angel by Jiří Pehe as one of the most outstanding Czech novels since the fall of communism. The book is not only an epic and dramatic journey through the life of one family in the twentieth century, but also a reflection on many of the issues of our time. If you are more familiar with Jiří Pehe as a political scientist, you may also be surprised to find that it even reflects in some detail on the nature of angels. David Vaughan talks to the writer.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/pehe_jiri_3.jpg?timestamp=1590710404 Jiří Pehe and a novel that pits angels against the isms of our age https://english.radio.cz/jiri-pehe-and-a-novel-pits-angels-against-isms-our-age-8266244 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9