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A decent embarrassment and an unpredictable ending! "The Female Spectator" is the first volume of Sverak's "Prague Stories" series. It is the first collection of novels published by Oscar-winning screenwriter Sverak at the age of 72. It contains 10 short stories. "Female Spectator" includes ten stories: "Tracking", "Letter from the Court", "Tateshev", "Female Spectator", "Ruslan and Ludmila", "Lenin's Smile", "Vltava River", "Temporary Actor", "Liar" and "Photographer". The protagonists of these stories include a single father who lives in embarrassment, a truck driver who cheated on his wife, an old man who was dumped by his girlfriend when he was young and became deaf, an old lady with rich emotional experiences, a lady with special powers, a liar who has been jailed several times, etc. They are all ordinary people in this city. The problems, dilemmas, embarrassments and confusions these people face will also give readers a sense of deja vu. In fact, this fate may befall anyone.

Laugh until you can't stop, laugh until you shed tears! "Missed Love" is the Oscar-winning screenwriter for the best foreign language film and Czech literary short story master Sverak. Following the release of his first novel collection "The Female Spectator" at the age of 72, it is another brand-new work. It is the second part of Sverak's "Prague Stories" series. After its publication, it immediately topped the best-seller list and won the 2012 "Reader's Award" from the Czech heavyweight magnesium literature. "Missed Love" includes nine stories: "Light in Bethlehem", "Class Party", "Missed Love", "Double Vision", "Spa", "Shopping", "Respectable Taxi Driver", "On the Train" and "April Story". The protagonists of these stories include a mentally retarded son, an old man suffering from double vision, a girlfriend who was wrongly loved, a respectable taxi driver, a couple who quarrels all day long, a patient who always suffers injuries on the same day of the year, etc. It's still an ordinary person in Prague, and it's still a story that makes people laugh until they can't stop, or laugh and shed tears.