A major Czechoslovakian writer, in the tradition of Milan Kundera, recreates the last days under communism and the jobs assigned to him by the state--archaeologist, surveyor's assistant, train engineer--when he refused to cooperate with the Czech communist government.A major Czechoslovakian writer, in the tradition of Milan Kundera, recreates the last days under communism and the jobs assigned to him by the state--archaeologist, surveyor's assistant, train engineer--when he refused to cooperate with the Czech communist government.