“…what time destroys…it again revives…” #twistedspoonpress #20BOS26 Book 10

Prague-based publisher Twisted Spoon Press release some wonderful and fascinating books, and I’ve been happy to cover a good number of their titles here on the Ramblings. So when I saw that they were publishing a new volume of stories by Ladislaw Klima entitled “Visions and Apparitions”, I was intrigued! I’ve rarely heard of the authors or titles they put out but I’ve not been disappointed with any of the books I’ve read and I love exploring new works from other languages. Translated by Jed Slast, “Visions…” turned out to be an unsettling and compelling collection which left me with much to chew over! Klima lived a short life, from 1878 when in was born in the western Bohemian town of Domažlice to his death from tuberculosis in 1928; that life was a peripatetic one, with him not really settling anywhere and to any long-term job. During his lifetime he was mainly known for philosophical writings (Schopenhauer and Nietzsche were amongst his influences); but after his death numerous…