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The Sunny Park in Prague, the Boulder

This place is where the mother believed she conceived the main character.

Charles Bridge

One character leaps into a house from this object.

The Villa

This is where the main character lives with his family and, after the war, strangers move in too.

Jaromil's Poems

These are the focus of the main character's mental energy. Their themes are the revolution, the good worker, death, and love.

The Cut-Off Telephones

Twenty of these were sent by the main character to a famous older man.

The Lyrical Poets

This group of young men is compared to the main character.

Prague, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia

This place is the setting of the novel.

The Concentration Camp

The main character's father dies here because of his involvement in the underground.

The Police Station

This place, where people are arrested and tortured, is also where the main character's...

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