Prague Shadows: Kisch’s First Case

Praha 2
Lectures and discussions
Date
22. 10. 2026 19:00–22:00
Institution
Admission

vstupné dobrovolné

Venue
Laichter House
Chopinova 1543/4 Vinohrady, 120 00 Praha 2
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A meeting with the authors of a detective novel set in old Prague, in a unique historical location. Become, for a moment, part of a mysterious investigation unfolding in Prague’s streets and underground.


The year is 1910. Soon the poisonous tail of Halley’s Comet will sweep over the earth. While everyone turns their eyes to the sky, shadows spread below. Along the Vltava embankments. In the streets. In people’s minds. One mysterious death follows another.


Egon Erwin Kisch, the reporter for the newspaper Bohemia, renowned and notorious in equal measure, must keep a cool head. Together with medical student Lenka Weissbachová, he investigates in dubious pubs as well as gleaming salons. He knows Prague like no one else. According to his friend Kafka, this city has claws. And they are reaching for him and for Lenka too.


“Martin Becker and Tabea Soergel love old Prague and let it shine in full brilliance! A magical journey through time into the narrow lanes of the Golden City — and in the company of a brilliant investigator and reporter who does not lack a sense of humor. This is Babylon Prague!” (Jaroslav Rudiš)


Translated from the German original by Marie Voslářová.


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Prague Shadows: Kisch’s First Case