The most famous literary works about Prague and their authors For centuries, Prague has attracted writers, poets and playwrights with its mysterious atmosphere and bohemian lack of convention. Franz Kafka found existential restlessness, Gustav Meyrink the mysticism of the old Jewish Quarter, Guillaume Apollinaire saw wondrous visions, Václav Havel the absurdity of the modern world, and Milan Kundera the melancholic lightness of Central Europe. Discover the stories of the authors who transformed Prague into one of the most literary cities in the world. page kafka’s prague, the mother with claws Franz Kafka and the world of Prague’s bohemians page shakespeare in love and prague Tom Stoppard and the Prague underground. page A City with the Heart of Václav Havel From playwright to prisoner, from prisoner to president. page become a prague walker Walk through Prague in Apollinaire’s footsteps and search for the gemstone with his face. page the legend of the golem The profound mystery surrounding the protector of Prague’s Jewish ghetto. page faust’s prague Fulfil Goethe’s unfulfilled dream of visiting Prague. page Milan Kundera’s Prague How totalitarianism made being unbearable. “ Prague won’t let go. This little mother has claws. One must yield, or else – we would have to set it on fire from both ends, from Vyšehrad and Hradčany; maybe then it might we get away. ” Follow in the footsteps of writers Franz Kafka view from 2 500 CZK available Dan Brown’s Prague: The Golem and the Secrets of the Jewish Quarter special offer view from 4 900 CZK available Dan Brown’s Prague: the secret laboratory special offer view from 4 900 CZK available Dan Brown’s Prague: The Codes of Prague Castle special offer view from 4 900 CZK available Václav Havel, dissident and president view from 2 500 CZK available “ Prague does not have its name for no reason. In truth, Prague is a threshold between life on Earth and the Heavens, a threshold much thinner and narrower than anywhere else… ” Dan Brown’s Prague Dan Brown’s latest novel, The Secret of Secrets, presents Prague as a city of hidden symbols, alchemy, ancient legends and mysteries, hidden beneath the surface of everyday life. Follow in the footsteps of Robert Langdon to places where the mysticism of the Jewish Quarter, the mysteries of Prague Castle, and the fascinating stories of science and human consciousness intersect. Upon reading the book, you will look at Prague more closely and perhaps even see what remains hidden to the ordinary eye. More here. The illustrated world of literary Prague Take a journey through literary Prague with our illustrated map. Stroll through places associated with Franz Kafka, Bohumil Hrabal, Václav Havel and Jaroslav Seifert, visit famous cafés, libraries and mysterious corners of the Old Town, and see Prague through the eyes of writers, poets and literary heroes. A city of stories awaits you around every corner. Get the map here. “ Do not ask me why I like Prague so much; when a man falls in love, he is unable to explain it. ” “ I was overcome by the urgent desire to ditch my obligations, borrow a punt, row out into the middle of the river, and let the yellowish-green current of the Vltava carry me from bridge to bridge. ”