The bride of Texas

Josef Škvorecký

Original title: Nevěsta z Texasu

earliest edition we have, 1995 Vintage Canada, 1996 609 pages

The Bride of Texas evokes a crowded mid-nineteenth-century panorama as it tells the story of a group of emigres who flee the oppression of the Hapsburg Empire and, in their pursuit of freedom and a better life, find themselves immersed in the chaos of an American war of emancipation. The kaleidoscopic drama is shaped by two parallel romances: Lida, the bride of the title, is a strong-willed young Czech woman who marr...

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The bride of Texas edition · 1996 · Vintage Canada · 609 pages
The bride of Texas edition · 1996 · Faber and Faber · 609 pages
The bride of Texas edition · 1995 · Alfred A. Knopf Canada · 609 pages

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