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The novel Beautiful Children depicts the world of adolescent rebels in a "re-education" colony - a prison disguised as a school. Written in the spirit of the Prague Spring, the work criticizes the communist system through a dynamic, cinematic narrative.
The Society of Jesus (1969) by Jiří Šotola, the debut work of the Czech poet, is a historical novel set during the Counter-Reformation, which subtly alludes to contemporary conditions in Czechoslovakia under communism.
Martin Cruz Smith, a master of crime novels, dissects the dark side of contemporary Russia – corruption, political intrigue, and Stalinist legacy – in the sixth part of the series about investigator Arkady Renko.
Luigi Pirandello's novel The Late Matthias Pascal (1904), a masterpiece of Italian literature, explores themes of identity, freedom, and social conventions through a tragic yet ironic story of a man trying to escape his life.