About the book: 1989 / Karel Matei Capek-Hod (1860-1927) - Czech novelist, whose work reflects a turning point in the development of the Czech literature. The socio-psychological novel “Kashpar Len the Avenger” is based on a crime plot - the murder of his shopkeeper by a working man. The novel “Turbine” is a grotesque story about the penetration of capitalism into the economic and spiritual life of the Czech Republic on the eve of the First World War, exposing the adventurism and quackery of entrepreneurs. The writer’s prose has not lost its relevance today; according to critics, it provides “ample food for the mind and heart of the reader.” Published in Russian for the first time. Compilation and foreword by V. Zinchenko Design by artist T. Bokuchava