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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.
In The Samaritan, Richard Price dissects the limits of kindness in a poor urban ghetto. The novel, a blend of crime fiction and social drama, takes place in the fictional town of Dempsey, New Jersey, where misery, addiction, and false redemptions collide.
