Fortune favours the brave and the desire for love knows no bounds. Our story begins just before the Second World War, to connect through 1952 and 1968 to the present day. Chance encounters in Prague's Vinohrady or at the Berlin Wall irrevocably change the fates of the heroes. The film's silver magician's costume, the stolen passport of a Persian prince and the captivating violet eyes take the lead roles.
THE SILVER MAGICIAN is confident, sophisticated and mature prose, full of concrete scenes and images that the narrator pulls out of a hat with the amused smile of an illusionist. Jindřich Mann is an author with a flair for language, intellectual depth and inner honesty. He captivates the reader with melody and language that naturally mixes the ceremonial with the street, direct speech
with the indirect, questions with meditations.
Czech edition