
The Engineer of Human Souls
(1984)A novel by
Josef ŠkvoreckÝ
| "Magnificent! A magnum opus!" Milan Kundera |
The expression "the engineer of human souls" is held, by many political indoctrinators, to be Stalin's definition of a writer: as an engineer constructs a machine, so must a writer construct the mind of the New Man. THE ENGINEER OF HUMAN SOULS is a labyrinthine comic novel that investigates the journey and plight of novelist Danny Smiricky, a Czech immigrant to Canada. As adventuresome, episodic, bawdy, comic, and literary as any novel written in the past twenty-five years, THE ENGINEER is worthy of the subtitle Skvorecky gave it: "An entertainment on the Old Themes of Life, Women, Fate, Dreams, The Working Class, Secret Agents, Love, and Death.
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Hardback Editions
February 1985 : Hardback
| Title: The Engineer of Human Souls Author(s): Josef Skvorecky ISBN: 0-7011-2931-X / 978-0-7011-2931-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Chatto and Windus Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 1984 : Hardback
| Title: The Engineer of Human Souls Author(s): Josef Skvorecky ISBN: 0-394-50500-X / 978-0-394-50500-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Knopf Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Paperback Editions
August 2007 : Paperback
| Title: The Engineer of Human Souls: A Novel Author(s): Josef Skvorecky ISBN: 0-88619-438-5 / 978-0-88619-438-3 (Canada (English speaking) edition) Publisher: Lester, Orpen and Denny Availability: Amazon CA More details... |
2002 : Paperback
| Title: The Engineer of Human Souls Author(s): Josef Skvorecky ISBN: 1-55013-534-1 / 9781550135343 (USA edition) Publisher: Key Porter Books Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
February 1999 : Paperback
| Title: The Engineer of Human Souls Author(s): Josef Skvorecky ISBN: 1-56478-199-2 / 9781564781994 (USA edition) Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
March 1994 : Paperback
| Title: The Engineer of Human Souls (Vintage classics) Author(s): Josef Skvorecky ISBN: 0-09-938641-0 / 978-0-09-938641-4 (UK edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
March 1986 : Paperback
| Title: The Engineer of Human Souls (Picador Books) Author(s): Josef Skvorecky ISBN: 0-330-29152-1 / 978-0-330-29152-1 (UK edition) Publisher: Picador Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
November 1985 : Paperback
| Title: The Engineer of Human Souls Author(s): Josef Skvorecky ISBN: 0-671-55682-7 / 978-0-671-55682-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Pocket Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1984 : Paperback
| Title: The Engineer of Human Souls Author(s): Josef SKVORECKY Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Availability: Amazon More details... |
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