Empty Streets

Michal Ajvaz was born in 1949 in Prague, his father was a Crimean Karaim and his mother was an Austrian Czech. He published eight works of fiction and also an essay on Jacques Derrida, a book about Edmund Husserl's philosophy, as well as a book-length meditation on Jorge Luis Borges called The Dreams of Grammars, the Glow of Letters, and a philosophical study, Jungle of Light: Meditations on Seeing. He was awarded Jaroslav Seifert's Prize and Magnesia Litera Prize. His books of fiction have been published in fifteen languages.

Andrew Oakland's translations include Radka Denemarková's Money from Hitler, Martin Reiner's No Through Road, Michal Ajvaz's The Golden Age, and the autobiography of architect Josef Hoffmann.

Andrew Oakland’s translations include Radka Denemarková’s Money from Hitler, Martin Reiner’s No Through Road, Michal Ajvaz's The Golden Age, and the autobiography of architect Josef Hoffmann.