Volume 36, Number 8 · May 18, 1989
The Magic Flute
By Bohumil Hrabal, Translated by Peter Kussi
The following is drawn from a recent essay by Bohumil Hrabal. It was written shortly after the demonstrations in Prague this January held to commemorate the death of Jan Palach, who had immolated himself in January 1968 to protest the invasion of Soviet troops and the overthrow of the Dubcek regime. Dozens of people who took part in the recent demonstrations were arrested by the police and many are still in jail.
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