The Transcription of Czechoslovak Dissent: the Contribution of Sylvie Germain

Abstract

This paper looks into the novel transcription of recent historical events of Czechoslovakia by the French author Sylvie Germain, who witnessed the precarious situation of Czechoslovak dissidents in Prague during the Communist era and the Velvet Revolution in 1989. Far from making a fascinating story open to political considerations out of it, Germain privileges thinking about the meaning of freedom not conditioned by external circumstances.