About the book: 1961 / Adolf Hofmeister, a famous Czech cartoonist and writer, visited Egypt in 1956, when the Suez crisis was brewing with inexorable speed and attention The whole world was focused on Egypt, a country of ancient culture in which a powerful anti-colonial movement was growing. The observant artist from socialist Czechoslovakia was excited by everything here: the people’s struggle for independence and the originality of Egyptian culture, ancient history and the poetic Nile landscape. As a result of this trip, A. Hoffmeister “wrote and drew” his fascinating “travel report about the new youth of the most ancient culture of the world.” //b-ok.as