Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
by Vítězslav Nezvalliterary work· published 1945
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Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (Czech: Valerie A Týden Divů) is a novel by Vítězslav Nezval, written in 1935 and first published in 1945. The novel was written before Nezval's dramatic shift to Socialist Realism. It was made into a 1970 Czech film directed by Jaromil Jireš, a prominent example of Czech New Wave cinema. With this novel, Nezval explored the gothic themes and settings of such novels as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818) and M. G. Lewis' The Monk (1796), as well as F. W. Murnau's film Nosferatu (1922; based on 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker). The 2005 English edition features the illustrations by Kamil Lhoták that appeared in the original edition.
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Valerie and Her Week of Wonders was adapted into a 1970 film.
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders1970 · film · 77 min · dir. Jaromil Jires · IMDb ↗IMDb7.081%Valerie, a Czechoslovakian teenager living with her grandmother, is blossoming into womanhood, but that transformation proves secondary to the effects she experiences when she puts on a pair of magic earrings. Now seeing the world around her in a different light, Valerie must endure her sexual awakening while attempting to discern reality from fantasy as she encounters lecherous priest Gracian, a vampire-like stranger and otherworldly carnival folk.
