Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
- Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
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name = Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
title_orig = Valerie a týden divů
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author = Vítězslav Nezval
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country = Czechoslovakia
language = Czech
series =
genre = Surrealist, Horror, Gothic, Novel
publisher = Twisted Spoon Press
release_date = 1935
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages =
isbn = NA
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"Valerie and Her Week of Wonders" (or "Valerie a týden divů") was written in 1935 by surrealist Czech writer Vítězslav Nezval. It was made into a 1970 Czech film directed by Jaromil Jireš.
Plot introduction
With this novel, Nezval explored the gothic themes and settings of novels such as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's "Frankenstein" and Matthew Gregory Lewis' "The Monk", as well as F.W. Murnau's "Nosferatu" (based on "Dracula" by Bram Stoker). He took a great risk using this format, seeing as the Romantic movement was shunned by followers of the surrealist movement.
It has long been published in Czech, but has only become available in English recently thanks to Czech publishers Twisted Spoon Press. This edition features the illustrations of Kamil Lhotak that were used in the original release of the book.
Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
The 1970 film adaptation of "Valerie a týden divů", directed by Jaromil Jireš, stars the then 13-year-old Jaroslava Schallerová as Valerie.
External links
* [http://www.traktor.cz/twisted/valerie.html Twisted Spoon Press]
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