Reviews for Thornton Cox Budget Guide to the Czech Republic: The Czech Republic

The average rating for Thornton Cox Budget Guide to the Czech Republic: The Czech Republic based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-09-05 00:00:00 Sonny Moreno Sadly the quality of the printing is very poor. The Bengali script is mostly blurred and tiny. It is hard work to learn Bengali with this book. the concept is great but the product fails to deliver. Frustrating!

Review # 2 was written on 2014-06-05 00:00:00 Jeffrey Fernandes This is a beguiling and potent collection of stories.  The author's quixotic nature is clearly evident in his writing.  Always the outliers, his protagonists believe in the strength of the mind and the cogency of their own visions.  Trains are a constant image in many of the tales.  A character takes trips without destinations, "under the influence of cosmic and elemental forces," leaving constraints of normal routine behind.  Celestial paths guide supreme motion. Grabinski believed in the powers of the chimerical and the elementals ("beings that appear during eruption of the elements").  He also incorporates ghosts and demonic forces into his stories, both of which destroy lives and lovers. The psychological component is paramount, as it is the mind and its ability to lend thoughts, obsessions and anxieties lives of their own.  In "The Area," an author attempts to take his stories beyond language, thus ensuring his own downfall.  So strong are his visions that he himself cannot escape their vampiric hunger. Eroticism has its place in this volume, tantalizing and unnerving in twists of fate.  Bodies undergo metamorphoses, only to separate with dire consequences. Egocentricity and the flow of time trap characters in their own hypotheses, wrapping them in strong beliefs before releasing them to their fates.  The most compelling elements in this collection are subjectivity and imagination, and the intense holds that they have on their believers.  It is important that one does not completely lose oneself in the creative current.  The void and the unknown are just around the corner.