false 2525171 1 A satirical novel set in Bratislava (now is Slovakia) at the time of the fall of the Czechoslovak government. Translated by Peter Petro. 2532675 6 1 2007 Rivers of Babylon total:3|4:3| 3 12 7 2 0 1 false false Mon Mar 17 11:39:22 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 17 11:51:38 -0700 2008 TLS (Feb. 29, 2008), this book, which is the first part of a trilogy, has "changed Slovak literature beyond recognition" and is "a worthy heir to Rabelais, Balzac and Gogol." Much to my chagrin, I don't know anything about Slovak a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 03:52:36 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 12 02:20:11 -0800 2008 Rivers of Babylon by Peter Pišťanek (pronounced pishtyanek, apparently) is a caustic satirical novel set in a big hotel in Bratislava, now the capital of Slovakia but then in Czechoslovakia, at the time of the collapse of the communist government. It has a cast of prostitutes, black-market money c...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 02 04:52:25 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 04:52:25 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jan 19 13:48:19 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 13:48:25 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jan 09 14:02:42 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 14:02:48 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 15 16:08:40 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 15:20:35 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 16:08:40 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Jan 27 05:05:39 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 05:05:39 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2525171