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Kirkus Reviews "10 of Our Favorite Debuts"The Verge "23 science fiction and fantasy novels to read this March"PRAISE FOR SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA: "Kalfar has much larger aims with Spaceman of Bohemia than to write a spry, madcap work of speculative fiction . . . He has such a lively mind and so many ideas to explore . . . Kalfar has an exhilarating flair for imagery. He writes boisterously and mordantly . . . His voice is distinct enough to leave tread marks . . . A frenetically imaginative first effort, booming with vitality and originality."―Jennifer Senior, New York Times"Spaceman of Bohemia gets heavy-but the story, like its protagonist, flies along weightlessly. A book like this lives and dies on the strength of its first-person voice, and in that regard, Kalfar triumphs. Jakub may be self-absorbed, but he's also charming, funny, and endearingly sympathetic."―Jason Heller, NPR"In Jaroslav Kalfar's zany first novel . . . the spaceman, the alien, and all the rest of the book's extravagant conceptual furniture are merely metaphors for the human-scale issues that are its real concerns, in particular the collapse of Jakub's marriage to Lenka. That's not to say Kalfar hasn't done his research. There are lovingly detailed passages on the minutiae of life in zero gravity, but all the whizzy space business is harnessed to the basic question of what it means to leave and whether it's possible to come back. The alien acts as a Proustian trigger for Jakub's memories . . . But for all the strangeness of outer space, it is the writing about his home village, the place to which he longs to return and perhaps never can, that beats strongest in this wry, melancholy book."―Hari Kunzru, New York Times Book ReviewThe author skillfully splices a barbed picture of the Czech Republic between Jakub's misadventures in the cosmos. "These include floating free inside the dust cloud and hitching a ride on a clandestine Russian space shuttle. The book suggests that every national hero has a dark side, though you may have to leave Earth to see it."―Sam Sacks, Wall Street Journal "Best New Fiction""Outer space, inner turmoil, fierce ambition and the hunger for love - all seem to boldly go where no novelist has gone before in Jaroslav Kalfar's audaciously moving debut, Spaceman of Bohemia...Eloquent, heart-stunning and rich in awe-inspiring prose, Spaceman of Bohemia flirts with how we leave our mark on history. But its real mission is to unravel what makes us human - and that, according to this wise, rapturous and original novel, is a connection to others."―Caroline Leavitt, San Francisco Chronicle"Spaceman of Bohemia represents the fiery, funny launch of an exciting new voice. Jaroslav Kalfar, like a good literary astronaut, finds levity in gravity, and vice versa."―Sam Lipsyte, New York Times bestselling author of The Ask"Spaceman of Bohemia should win many fans. With its interplanetary shenanigans and lessons in Czech history, this zany satirical debut is bursting at the seams."―Tibor Fischer, Guardian UK"A supercharged, voice-driven romp." ―Meredith Turits, Extra Crispy"Blend Bradbury and Lem with Saint-Exupéry and perhaps a little Kafka, and you get this talky, pleasing first novel by Czech immigrant writer Kalfar....a book built on sly, decidedly contrarian humor. Blending subtle asides on Czech history, the Cold War, and today's wobbly democracy, Kalfar's confection is an inventive, well-paced exercise in speculative fiction. An entertaining, provocative addition to the spate of literary near-future novels that have lately hit the shelves." ―Kirkus Reviews"Spaceman of Bohemia is an out-of-this-world look at all our beautiful smallnesses, from the cells of our biology to the bacterial minutiae of one broken heart. The roar of revolution and governmental injustice is cast against the depths of our emotions and the bottomless, grateful silence of the stars. Jaroslav Kalfar has spun an unforgettable tale, a poignant interplanetary work that collapses the distance between us with the beauty of its language and the unstoppable wonder of this universe he's created."―Samantha Hunt, author of Mr. Splitfoot
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About the Author
Jaroslav Kalfar was born and raised in Prague, Czech Republic, and immigrated to the United States at the age of fifteen. He earned an MFA at New York University, where he was a Goldwater Fellow and a nominee for the inaugural E. L. Doctorow Fellowship. He lives in Brooklyn. This is his first novel.
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Product details
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Back Bay Books; Reprint edition (February 20, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316273449
ISBN-13: 978-0316273442
Product Dimensions:
5.5 x 0.8 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.5 out of 5 stars
48 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#473,452 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Early on, I thought this book was fantastic. As others have written, it bounces around among personal history, Czech history, sci-fi, love and general philosophical musings. As it progressed, I felt that the author had lost his way (or, perhaps, was pursing an idea until it forgot the point he was trying to make). While I had hoped for a somewhat happy ending (and arguably it has a happy ending), it became obvious that any happy ending wouldn't be the one a reader had begun to anticipate. And that's fine. Unfortunately, in trying to tie together all of the disparate threads, the author seems to have sacrificed the beautiful, seemingly effortless style of the first 80% of the book by more or less making declarative philosophical statements that seem to have come out of nowhere. It does make sense in its context, but it left me a bit frustrated at the end. Still, nicely written and, until near the end, highly engaging.
As some other reviewers have stated, "Spaceman of Bohemia" is something of a mishmash; it is part science fiction (though that turns out to be a small part); part family saga; part rumination on love and what it entails; and part a mini-history of Czechoslovakia and the collapse of the Soviet Union.It is not a perfect book by any means; it meanders and rambles and goes off on digressions and lines of thought that can be tedious. However, at the end of the day (or, rather, of the book), there is a sweetness and acceptance of some of the bumps that life puts in our way, along with some sadness that things don't necessarily work out the way you'd like.While it's impossible to exclude or ignore some of the excesses of the book (those digressions noted earlier), Kalfar definitely has talent. He uses a mixture of devices -- straight narrative, dialogue and an epistolary set of transcripts from the hero's wife's psychotherapy sessions, among others -- to make his point. The characters seem quite real as well.So while he needs some more discipline, there is a good and maybe a great writer here, and I look forward to his next work(s).
I am a bit lost for words right now - I expected, based on the first few pages, a vaguely wry semi satire. I did not expect the emotional depth and unflinching complexity and sincerity that this book laid out.It’s about space sure, but it’s about history and time and about the ways you can and cannot know the hearts of others, about the way every decision we make has a cost and about the way nothing we do only impacts us.This whimsical little exploration contains universes. It made me grin, it made me guffaw, it made me tense up in dread and it made me sob.This is life.
This is a wonderful book. It is not really a space travel or science fiction book as you might think. More about Prague, people and the changes and choices they make through life. ...there is that space spider however.Very enjoyable and enlightening.
It's not really Sci-Fi. Well Kind of. I'm fast to buy books but slow to read them. Finally dug into this after it sat on my nightstand for a year. Wow! What I had been missing! I have so many books to read but now I want to read this one again.Expect to be taken on a journey to destinations that keep getting away. Prior reviews are already on the mark and you'll note that not a single review of this fabulous new author is below 3 star and most squarely at 5 star. I hope he pens a new book soon as this next one won't sit on my nightstand waiting a year for me to pick it up.
The story is well-summarized in other reviews, so I will comment only on its broader significance. It is placed in post-communist Czech Republic but reflects the new realities in all of central and eastern Europe, dealing with and digesting precipitous changes in politics, the economy and culture. A sci-fi adventure is superimposed on this background. It is well-written, inventive and it rings true for those of us who came from that corner of the world. It is a good read for anyone interested in other cultures but also treats romance and adventure in terms familiar to the American reader.
An interesting idea with one disappointing element for a Czech insider - some facts as described reveal an author living for a long time far from home. A family expulsed from the middle of nowhere to Parizska street? Come on. Worth checking for people visiting Prague (Parizska = the most posh street of Prague). This is just an example of wrong facts that disturb an otherwise good read. I know it is not the most important aspect of the book but for me it was quite disturbing. The story of guilt, failed relationship, all this in the context of surrealist space travel is what I found intriguing. And I obviously loved Hanus sharing his passion for Nutella :)
I really enjoyed this book not least because I have been to Prague but also because it has many pieces that I enjoy: space travel, mysterious strangers, love found and lost, friendship, the beginning of the Cosmos, the pleasures of home. An ambitious romp through space and time.
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